May 26, 2021I Bought Tickets to a ShowTW; Rape/sexual assault/abuse, attempted suicide Things are starting to “get back to normal” or at least folks are able to gather a little more freely under certain conditions now. I bought tickets to a show in June and so I’ve been contemplating what it means to rejoin the “local music…6 min read6 min read
Oct 14, 2020Forward Motion“Too many turns have turned out to be wrong This time I learned that I knew it all along When car crashes occur Then I’ll be what you were When I see what I should When see that it’s good That it’s good To experience the bittersweet To taste defeat then…4 min read4 min read
Apr 3, 2020My Best Friend’s Living RoomThis is Day 8 of me working from home during a global pandemic. A few days ago, I woke up with a melody stuck in my head; a creative “ear worm” that just wouldn’t leave me alone. So I decided I would tap it out on my electric piano. Went…6 min read6 min read
Feb 6, 2020You Don’t “Get” Me and That Makes You Uncomfortable — That’s Not My ProblemI remember when I was still unraveling my sexuality, my partner and I went out to a gay bar to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize marriage equality. My partner and I had a conversation about sexuality with a stranger and my partner explained that she is bisexual and…3 min read3 min read
Mar 25, 2019A Punk Show In A College Town and Reconciling Gender With PresentationA year and 9 days ago I took a road trip by myself to see The Carolyn for Bean Day (my friend’s, who sometimes goes by Beans, birthday celebration) in Milledgeville that was life changing. This was the first time I had gone to an unfamiliar place without my partner…Queer4 min readQueer4 min read
Oct 23, 2018Craving Bi+ Community in GeorgiaOn September 23rd 2018, a group of bisexual+ folks (bisexual, pansexual, queer, fluid, multisexual, omnisexual, etc.) came together at the Phillip Rush Center in Atlanta to celebrate Bi+ Visibility Day together, get to know each other, and build community. We all came into this space with some shared experiences; with…Bisexual6 min readBisexual6 min read
Jul 20, 2018A Proper Goodbye: Mourning Nearly a Decade of My Life at Swayze’s VenueSome in the local Georgia music scene may know that at the end of September 2017, I cut ties with the DIY all-ages music venue, Swayze’s Venue, over events that occurred between the owner,Lee Satterfield, and I that I won’t rehash here. Other folks got an understandably bad taste for…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Feb 7, 2018My Queer Place In The WorldThe question Queer Theology’s 2018 Synchroblog poses is “What does your queerness or transness call you to do and be in the world?” It seems lately that everywhere I turn, “calling” and what I’m supposed to (or not supposed to) ”do” and“be” keeps popping up. It popped up in one…LGBTQ4 min readLGBTQ4 min read
Jan 26, 2017My Queer Identity In ChristSo, I came out as bisexual to my parents on Monday night. I’ve come out to all of my friends and even my wife’s family but I had been procrastinating on coming out to my own family because I know at least some of them wouldn’t understand or even try…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
