To the End of the Curry Rainbow

Members of San Francisco Bay Area Gay Fathers in the San Francisco Freedom Day Parade, 1980.

In San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area Gay Fathers became a familiar fixture at the annual pride marches. From its inception, SFBAGF had attracted particular attention when it marched in the annual parades. Jack Latham described the way the “newspapers singled us out” and crowds “exploded” in cheers at the initial 1975 group. Latham reasoned that this was because gay fathers marching was “novel and startling.” Throughout the late 1970s, SFBAGF marched in the annual parades, with an increasing number of fathers. In 1979, SFBAGF members who marched in the parade began wearing “gay fathers” T-shirts and carrying banners emblazoned with the same logo. This increased the group’s visibility and membership. From 1982 to 1984, SFBAGF won “most inspirational float” in the parade.

“Forgive me, Father, I have sinned”

the 10 unread books i bought last year, staring at me from my bookshelf:

First day of life up until 6th grade 

Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

Slowly it started growing back and then….

I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

A year on HRT

2 years since my coming out 

2 years on hrt

2.3 years on hrt

At this point I am 3 years into my Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’m thriving. 

These pictures were taken days apart and I am 3 and a half years into my medical transition (The picture on the right was also posted by Instagram on all their major social media handles attached with an interview I did with them for International Women’s Month)

During this time I was 4 years into HRT. Clearly living for it.

Appleflap Candyland

Jinglebells Crumplebutt

Basildon Clusterfuck

Mandarin Zippleback

Benefloop Crinklewham