Tennessee

A homophobic university, a hopeful organization and a rascally rabbit made up part of our Tennessee visit.

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The Pink Boots: TN

As we were leaving Nashville, The Pink Boots paid a visit to the only full-scale replica of the Greek Parthenon in existence. //

Tennessee

A homophobic university, a hopeful organization and a rascally rabbit made up part of our Tennessee visit. //

VIDEO: Creating A “Family of Choice” In Alaska

Phyllis Rhodes is simply awesome. She’s the Executive Director of Identity, Anchorage’s LGBT Center, and has a heart of gold. I wish every LGBTQ Alaskan would go pay her a visit because I know they would feel better afterwards. Alaska is lucky to have her. //

VIDEO: Anchorage, Wasilla and The House of Sarah Palin

You can read a detailed description of our visit to Alaska here, but Continue Reading for a fun video capturing the adventure we had and the friends we made in The Last Frontier. //

VIDEO+PHOTOS: Thanks For Donating

Back when we were doing our Kickstarter fundraiser for the Story Tour I promised if you donated $100 or more that I would write your name in the sand in Hawaii. Well, I did. Here’s a video chronicling the sand-writing day and the slideshow of photos below. If your name is in the sand, I’ll [...]

VIDEO: The Aloha Spirit, Banyan Trees and Nose Flutes

During our stay in Hawaii we were lucky to meet NovaLei, who taught us about the Aloha Spirit and banyan trees. We also met Kevin who was kind enough to take the time to play his nose flute for us. //

VIDEO: LifeWorks Youth Discuss LGBT Life in L.A.

One of the most inspiring discussions we had on the Tour was in Los Angeles. We spoke with some youth at LifeWorks, a youth development and mentoring program hosted at the LGBT Center. They told us all about being LGBT in L.A. and how it isn’t the perfect gay mecca people might think it is. [...]

The Pink Boots: AR

In what might be my favorite Pink Boots photo from the Tour, they stand here amongst the Little Rock Nine. Continue Reading for more. //

The Pink Boots

A lot of people ask about the Pink Boots and what the heck they’re all about. Continue Reading for some answers. //

VIDEO: Rainbow Vista Retirement Community

We visited and stayed the night at Rainbow Vista Retirement Community in Portland. We were given a little tour of the community by the manager, Ian Jones. I’ll let him do the talking: The music in this video provided by Sonicbids’ artist: Christopher Dallman //

Arkansas

It was all about the youth in Arkansas. We spoke with some youth at the Center for Artistic Revolution, filmed some Video Stories from college students and even made our way into Parkview High School to speak with an out student and his mom, who’s a teacher at PHS. //

VIDEO: Corn. Cops. And Corn Cops.

Who knew Nebraska could be so adventuresome? Apparently they have so much corn there they have to find creative uses of it. Like corn mazes. We also had our first (not the last) run-in with the law. The music in this video provided by Sonicbids’ artist: DaLyrical //


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