A nine year old boy came out to his mother. She loved him anyway. A nine year old boy comes out at school. They tease him brutally. For four days. Horribly hurt and frightened, he kills himself. This just happened. *** We went to see a play, a musical, wherein in an opening scene the […]
Date Night 3 I was pushing up the ramp at the front of the hotel when one of the valets noticed me and headed towards me. Seconds after he launched himself in my direction he was saying, “I’ll help you there sir.” I said “No” and the perpetual conversation started he didn’t mind, I did. […]
date night 2 She walked away swearing, calling us names, and we continued chatting. Growing up gay, living with or around disability makes coping with anger at our public presence a necessity. Our conversation was coming to an end, all caught up again, and we were about to part and then something happened. But first, […]
Date night. Joe and I planned that he would pick me up after work, we’d check into a hotel downtown, then we’d go to dinner and a play. The play we wanted to see was only playing, its whole run, for two night. It started at 8 in the evening. We go to matinees. Only. […]
We had all arranged ourselves for our flight to Halifax and were settling in. It was a small plane with a two and two configuration and as there were 5 of us Joe ended up sitting on the aisle with someone else and the girls had their choice of seats in the row behind. Sadie […]
I’m about to come out, and I’m afraid that some of you will be utterly disappointed in me. But I feel I need to be honest about something. I want to be a good member of the disability community. I want to use my voice and whatever power I have to make change. I feel […]
(photo credit: Theo Wargo/Getty for Tribeca Film Festival) Photo described in text. I was reading an article about the death of Aretha Franklin, a woman whose music I have enjoyed over the years. Like many of her fans, I was deeply saddened by her death. The photo which headlined the article was beautiful. It was […]
I was going quickly. When on my own, in my new chair, I can go much quicker than a walking pace. Because of the construction of the chair, I do this without breaking a sweat. I enjoy the speed of the chair and the power of my arms. It’s so freeing. I was pushing towards […]
On holidays, I try to turn off the outrage button that rests somewhere inside my chest. I just want to let some things slide and just deal with the situation and get on with it. I don’t want to always have to report it, write letters about it, or even post about it. A place […]
Sometimes my mind makes odd connections. We were sitting on the boardwalk watching people go by. It was a beautiful hot and sunny day but our seats were in the shade and we looked out onto and over the Halifax harbour. People strolled by and we chatted about everything but work, we had realized that […]
