A purely scattered ranting to just get it out of my system after another week of ridiculous politics and continual anti-LGBTQ+ shit. There’s rainbow-phobia going on in America y’all. There is a tidal wave of legislation being presented in state legislatures that is anti-LGBTQ+. Much of this is guised as “protecting the children” or “freedomContinue reading “Processing the Rainbow-phobia”
Category Archives: LGBT
Before You Say Amen
Happy Pride Month! One tradition I have for Pride since coming out, is to watch primarily queer films, or works by queer directors and actors during the month. Over the years, and out of all the queer films in the world though, I always watch Prayers for Bobby. If you haven’t seen it, it’s basedContinue reading “Before You Say Amen”
SCOTUS Hearing Ponderings
Most, if not all, of America is paying attention to the confirmation hearing of the Honorable Amy Coney Barrett. As expected we are witnessing the politics, election, and partisan divide play out on our screens. My social media pages are full of conversations about the hearing. With the wide variety of people in my lifeContinue reading “SCOTUS Hearing Ponderings”
My 10th Anniversary
So I celebrated my 10th Anniversary of coming out this year. I came out in 2009. Now, back then I thought I came out like this: But now reflecting back (and for those of you who know me) it was probably more accurate of this: Cest la vie. My journey is oneContinue reading “My 10th Anniversary”
All in the Last Name
I’ve been asked many times why I decided to change my last name to Hercliff-Proffer. To be honest, it took me the full 21 months of my engagement to decide and even then it wasn’t until 3 weeks before when Michael applied for our license and with much frustration told me that I had toContinue reading “All in the Last Name”
#NationalComingOutDay2017
Over the past few years, I’ve shared different components of my coming out story and experiences on this day each year. But this year, I want to share some of the lessons from coming out that I have learned over the years to perhaps helps any one else working through this process. National Coming OutContinue reading “#NationalComingOutDay2017”
The Justification of Gay
One of my fraternity brothers posted this on their Facebook this morning. It’s a really great TedTalk. It’s an interesting approach to the justification that homosexuality is genetic and not a choice. Now, while I still unpack it, as I watched and listened to this TedTalk, I found myself thinking there was a foundationContinue reading “The Justification of Gay”
The Symbol of Pride
Hey y’all! Pride Month continues and lots to write about. Today though I’m writing to work through some thoughts on the new Philly Pride Flag which has added brown and black stripes to represent the LGBTQIA POC community. First, a little history: The first Pride Flag was flown in 1978 in the San Francisco GayContinue reading “The Symbol of Pride”
Kicking Off Pride Month with a Response
So I’m kicking off Pride Month with a local issue. Yesterday, NBC25 reported about an Eaton County farmer who was denied a space at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market for his decision to not allow same-sex marriages at his apple farm venue. So in true Brian fashion, I have to throw in my two cents.Continue reading “Kicking Off Pride Month with a Response”
A Response
I stumbled across a blog post on Facebook early this week that I’ve decided to respond to. Below is the post (in italics) with my response (in bolded orange): It has been said that in marriage, the pain and stress of divorce is greater than even the pain of losing a spouse to death. I believeContinue reading “A Response”
Hello World, Its Me, Brian 