I'm fairly "open" with co-workers, never with patients. Other LGBT co-workers are all millennials, having never experienced the 1970's, it's all just dark ages to them.
Yes I'm upset with the hate radio and internet homophobes, I believe a young one named Ben Shapiro is doing our cause a lot of damage, he has a younger listening demographic.
This particular trip is a bit of an oddity, probably to most seems silly.
My service dog Caleb is around 11 years old. That's upper 80's in dog years, and showing some health issues.
He helped me get home many times after my trauma incident, and kept me safe.
So this little vacation is actually more for him than me, although I do need this break.
Tomorrow I take him to a dog park in Palo Alto that's he's famiiiar with from his puppyhood. I can't wait for him to get all excited in the car when he realizes where we're going!
Hey Bear, our hearts are still beating for now, and we have the common cause of making the country better for youth in our own way here on D.U.
And who knows, maybe one or both of us will be around to see Mayor Pete and Chasten become the first gay president and first husband!
Although today was celebratory of how far we've come, there's some personal triumph over homophobic fools who bullied me mercilessly in my youth, seeing that the youth today is enjoying, for the most part, acceptance we never knew.
Stay strong, brother!
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