Proud Q Lives Vancouver

Ellen showed up with so many stories of a life well lived, and a jar of home made beet relish! Super generous and thoughtful!

Crema talks about fighting the self imposed gender segregation in the community. She also discusses job loss because of being out. New in the outro I add mental health and crisis response contacts because sometimes stories can trigger us and our community is under attack and that is hard! Hee they are typed up:Trans lifeline (Canada) 1-877-330-6366KUU-US culturally aware crisis responseAdults 250-723-4050Youth 250-723-2040Toll free 1-800-588-8717310 mental health support 310-6789 (no area code)Crisis line 1-800-suicide/784-2433

This chat brought me back to when activism was so much more a part of our community! And so much I did not know about! I'm also reminded of the work still to be done.

Sharyle has lived in Vancouver and Hawaii so her story and political activism spans the gay issues in two countries. 

Laurie and I spoke over the internet and gladly we had no tech problems during the great story Laurie had to tell! 

Reginald is a great story teller! And oh my does he have some stories to tell!

A fun interview with Byron and his cat Junior!

Diversity tells me about her life while children play next door! What a contrast.