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Fifty years ago, in 1974, I came out by participating in early Gay & Lesbian rights marches sponsored by the newly-formed Gay Ativists Alliance in Cleveland Ohio and by cofounding a Gay-Straight Alliance at my alma mater, Case Western Reserve University. In doing so, my photo appeared one week in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, and in the CWRU campus newspaper. My uncle was on the teaching staff of CWRU's School of Medicine. A year earlier I had come out to one of my best friends in our undergraduate studies there, as he began Law School at CWRU; he became, might I say, enraged that I had not trusted enough to tell him I am Gay years earlier, so much so that he imediately ended that friendship. Still, I remained semi-closeted, largely because I didn't have the knowledge and support of a community or, most of all, the belief in myself that I'm okay - better than ok - just the way I am. In 1977 I wrote a letter to the editor of the Plain Dealer, critical of Anita Bryant and her hateful campaign against Gays who, she believed, were "recruiting" schoolchildren; the letter was published and the day it appeared I walked into my office at work to see that day's editorial page open on the desks of nearly every co-worker; I felt ostracized in the office from that day forward. A few years later, in late 1979, I'd been dating a Bi man for about six months when I was fortunate enough to be offered a new job in San Francisco. He was unhappily married and more unhappily employed, and after LOTS of talking he decided he'd come with me to California. The following weekend, at home to discuss the situation, his wife blew his face off with a firearm (then turned the gun on herself in the same fashion). Now, there a lot of additional issues there I admit, but at 28 years old from a small town, I was severely traumatized by the violence, and by my thoughts that he was killed because he was leaving his wife for another man. I took the job but, despite the fact I'd landed in "The Land of Oz" for Gay men at that particular time
Dave supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!LGBTQ+ history is American History. Sadly our leaders continue to pretend that queer life is some secret separate thing from the stories that we all know and learned about our history books. Many times queer stories were edited out to make people think we haven’t contributed to American progress. Queer Americans not only fought for gay rights but fought for religious freedom, fought to found this country in the principle of freedom for all from 1776 to today. Queer Americans have contributed to the creative, scientific and technological success all Americans live today. Why pretend we do not exist and try to erase queer Americans from text books, monuments and real places then? The truth is we won’t be erased cause we have always fought to make the world know we love, we live and we will not be quiet about our existence.
William supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!Erasing , white washing, or silencing history is exactly why we're in this constitutional crisis. History is repeating it's ugly past because the truth has been withheld.
Clista supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!My LGBTQ friends were far more supportive of my finding myself than anyone in my church. I am straight, and religious, but I have never seen any actual faith-based reasons for the hatred polluting this country. It is based only in hatred for anything other and twisted interpretation of scripture. This must end, because we can be better than this. We simply must choose to be.
Camren supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!I am a Mother of an LGTBQ adult, but before that I was raised that all humans are created equal regardless of their backgrounds, race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
JANET supported: Stop Erasing LGBTQ+ History: Restore It to National Park Service Websites Now!I do not understand why the current political system is so determined to destroy people's livelihoods and insist on calling people's life work and occupational dreams "government waste."
There has been no thought put into the long term effects of these decisions and how it will affect the beauty and integrity of our beautiful and beloved national parks.
The National Parks Service has provided much needed services for decades and those employed by the NPS should be applauded and appreciated for all they do to ensure the safety of visitors to national parks, and the work they do to maintain and protect these beautiful places for both present day and future generations. Please reinstate the jobs of park rangers and NPS employees. And please stop destroying people's livelihoods and careers.
Laurel supported: Save the beautiful National Parks of the United StatesAs a taxpayer, outdoorsman, and Jackson Hole resident, I am outraged at the actions of federal prosecutors. This sort of selective, vindictive, and inefficient use of public money to prosecute a well-respected member of the mountain sports community will do nothing but continue to erode public trust. If you want to make an example and stop the (literal and figurative) erosion, put up better signs and do the work necessary to re-vegetate that train. I'm sure Michelino will gladly help with that. I would too.
Joe supported: Drop the Criminal Charges Against Michelino SunseriAs a former NPS trail worker (yosemite 2009-2012) I find it absurd that the federal government is going full on draconian in the pursuit of enforcement over what has historically been legal.
I am not sure when walking off trail became a crime- It would seem every rock climber is commiting a grave offense if this is somehow now a thing.
This seems to be all about cracking down on where the people can go and when with recreation gov and all its backers doing the lobbying.
If they can do this to one man- they can do this to us all.
Its OUR public lands. Not their police state.
And seriously NPS- is this the case to hang your hat on?
I would have had to call in HUNDREDS of people if cutting switchbacks was somehow an enforceable offense.
Wasting resources like this is why the NPS has a lack of money for actual infastructure projects.
Chris Wilmot
Christopher supported: Drop the Criminal Charges Against Michelino SunseriAlthough I’m a big believer in LNT and respecting trail closures, banishment from the park from someone who obviously cares a great deal about it feels like an overcorrection. Community service, or something that would help the park prevent further damage to wilderness feel more appropriate than obliterating an athlete’s career.
Levi supported: Drop the Criminal Charges Against Michelino SunseriPressing misdemeanour or criminal charges for cutting this switchback would be such an unwarranted and egregious result of this situation. Michelino is a good man, a world class athlete, and a respected member of our global trail running and the Teton area community. It is frankly ridiculous that the NPS is hanging a criminal charge over his head.
Personally I'm an enthusiastic tax payer for our public lands when these taxes go towards actually useful outputs - e.g. trail maintenance or signage, additional staff support which seems to be badly needed across the NPS and our other public land orgs - not wasting money in litigation attempting to make an example out of Michelino. Drop these ridiculous charges and let's work together and actually do something fruitful with the time and effort put in from all sides of this situation. I'm sure the Teton trail running would gladly join Mikey in trail work days. If the charges are dropped and something like that can happen, I will gladly join in spirit and organise a trail work day here on our San Francisco Bay Area trails.
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