Thanks to our grassroots effort, Aaron Hurley has been freed! YAY! Although his captivity was so exhausting that he can’t drive here tonight because he’s too afraid he’ll fall asleep at the wheel. Poor boy. 🙁
He’ll be 3 1/2 days late, but he’s still coming to visit. I’m really happy about that because after this weekend, I won’t see him much at all until August. Yay for Aaron! 😀
I like him. DUH!
Chris and E.J. (fellow Memphis bloggers) have posted about Zach, a 16 year-old local boy whose parents have sent him to a place called the Refuge. It’s one of those places where they try to cure you of your homosexuality. I read much of his blog, and it sounds like he’s going through absolute hell.
If you want to send Zach a message (and I hope you will… something supportive and hopeful and normalizing), send it to zach.inbartlett@gmail.com. (I promise this e-mail address is legit, because I created it for him myself. I did it so people not on MySpace can write to him.)
Please take a minute to write to Zach. He needs a little hope. Seriously. These places are so messed up. He’s got about 2 weeks when he won’t have any access to Internet, but once he’s out, I’d like him to come home to a nice full inbox of well wishes.
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Update: There’s a protest going on, if you want to take a stand in person. From EJ: People who are planning to visit from outside Memphis, please send an email to fighting.homophobia@gmail.com to contact the organizers.
Getting your Ph.D. is hard work, which is why I don’t have my own social life. Rachel, EJ, and several other fine Memphians pictured here (at Bhan Thai, pre-Andrew Bird) let me borrow theirs for the night. Thanks, kids. I really needed it. 😀
I finally updated the Blogroll. I took a few people off (friends who just don’t post much), and I added a few I’ve been meaning to add for a while. Fascinating, I know. 😛
