#not dogs
Did I mention the husband and I moved to Australia?
More specifically, Ocean Shores.
Sorry no dogs but the neighbor’s dog might be available for petting and walking soon.
sorry i am hecking Tired
Todays garden vibes: chives, thyme & catmint
pride this year for me has been about using my new position of power within my community to force change and acceptance. even subtly. i wore my bi flag pin this week, i have never come out to any of my co workers, i didn’t feel the need to. But now that I’m elected and have solidified myself for years as a fixture in my community I’m forcing everybody that comes into my rural office to ask a service of me to interact with somebody wearing a pride pin. You want me to issue your marriage license? Your dog license? Notarize your documents? You’re getting a bisexual doing those services. Ordering new indexing cards for our birth, death, and marriage index i’ve made the switch to more gender neutral language and options because that’s something I can control and it’s wonderful.
I looked the gay man that came in scared of his neighbor in the eyes and there was a mutual understanding between us that we knew of each other and I assured him of his safety with me, he spoke in codes I was only familiar with from my days years ago in drag clubs in a less liberal area of the country. We understood each other. Yesterday, the first day of June, we hired not only a woman to an opening in a widely male dominated planning board, but an openly lesbian woman.
Vermont may be more welcoming to LBGTQ+ folks compared to many areas of the united states, but being open can still feel scary to many. Some of us still feel the need to speak in code in our widely left leaning, blue voting communities which is in part due to how past people in similar positions of power to me have acted towards them. But i can help change that, even if just a little. If you’re LGBTQ+ you are safe in my office and safe in my care.
Did I just spend a good chunk of my afternoon warning and preparing a meeting packet for this abatement request? Yes.
Did the requester immediately decide to rescind their request as soon as I had put the meeting information out to everybody? Also yes.
TUMBLR ROUNDED NOTES? NO THOSE ARE MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DIGITS GIVE THEM BACK
you know your memory is bad when you accidentally reblog a post from one of your mutuals who just reblogged it from you
