Hey guys. First off, thanks again for your support. I’m so thrilled you’ve hung around a
Hey guys. First off, thanks again for your support. I’m so thrilled you’ve hung around and enjoyed the blog.One of the reasons I started this blog was that I was fed up with the shame of our physicality and our sexuality that has been ingrained in us, that so many of us have fought against all our lives so we could celebrate our bodies and everything they’re equipped to do, and live fully realized lives as our authentic selves. Think how far we’ve come from the days when a blog like this could have gotten me arrested for showing it and you arrested for looking at it. For all the strides we’ve made, from Stonewall to Gay Pride to gay marriage, there are those who will always want to shut us down. Conservative and evangelical voices in this country who not only want to silence our right to express ourselves in this way, but also to pretty much see the LGBTQ communities wiped off the map. I’m not exaggerating. They hate us, they see us as less than them, including the ones who “tolerate” us as long as we don’t actually have sex. “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” Those voices have gotten louder and louder and I finally had had enough. It was more important for me to express this part of myself than to worry about what it might do to my career or what people would think of me. I’m proud of what I’ve done here and I’m thrilled that you’ve come along for the ride.Here’s the thing…I’ve gotta get political on you. There are 13,600 or so of you following this blog and I would be remiss if I didn’t say something. So…if you’re an American and you’re registered to vote, I want to encourage you to get out there and make your voice heard. This is truly the most important election I’ve seen in my 57 years, and at the risk of losing some of you, I have to speak out and say it outright: a vote for anyone but Hillary Clinton is going to set us back 50 years. She’s the only one who is going to have our back. A Donald Trump presidency is going to bring those crazy bigoted voices front and center. He will build a Supreme Court that will repeal every progressive move forward we’ve ever made. There will be no equal rights for LGBTQ people, discrimination will be worse than it is now, we will lose our jobs, we will lose our health care, we will lose our rights to make choices about our own bodies, we will lose our legal rights in our relationships, and on and on and on…Most importantly, we will see our LGBTQ kids growing up in a world that says they are not loved…by God, their government, or their fundamentalist families. The sadness, the bullying, the suicides…it breaks my heart. I am not a religious man, and I resent the crap that Fundamentalists throw our way, but I understand the importance of spirituality to those that want and need it. That’s fine as long as it’s between those folks and their god if they leave the rest of us alone. However, that’s not what’s happening, and it’s going to get worse with Trump at the helm, giving them more power to legislate bigotry into policy. And if anyone out there is supporting him because you think he’s going to get you a job or build your bank account…A) he won’t, and B) all the money in the world means nothing if you lose your civil rights. You will lose your civil rights. And don’t forget the whole white supremacist thing…they support him. You know you’re on the wrong team when you fall in line with the Nazis. I’m just sayin’.So please don’t not vote. Don’t vote third party. And for god’s sake, do not vote for Donald Trump. If you’re a Hillary hater or a hard core Berner, hold your nose and cast your vote for her. She really does have our best interests at heart. She’s a flawed candidate, yes. However, for all the cries of “Crooked Hillary” that Trump peppers his speeches with, he’s the one who is truly a crook, a con man, a sexual predator, and a possible rapist. Just go back in his history and you’ll see an endless parade of everyone he has screwed, figuratively and literally (sometimes by force). Trump has brought divisiveness and poison into our country and it will only get worse if he’s elected. And by the way…why do you think he doesn’t want us to see his taxes? Could it be that they’ll prove he is not a billionaire, has terrible business acumen, and in cahoots with Russia? I’m thinking yeah, and I don’t want Putin using our President to take America down.Ok. I don’t think I could have lived with myself if I didn’t speak out on this platform, that maybe this will convince even one of you to change your mind. I know you don’t all live in America, but I hope you all read this. And for those who don’t live here, please wish us well and hope we make the right choice. It’s a choice that’s going to affect all of us for years to come. And to all you lovely Americans…please do the right thing.Ok…Daddy’s shutting up now. I will get back to the business of posting some fun photos for you to enjoy. Take care. I appreciate every single one of you. Kisses to all.David -- source link