Get Out.
In which we recommend pursuits you might want to, um, pursue.
So it’s National Coming Out Day. Because I don’t think there’s a creature on the planet that doesn’t already know I’m a giant homosexual, I’m going to turn my own observation outwards. I thought I’d suggest a few things y’all might want to check out over the next few days.
(Oh, but: If you or someone you care about is also observing National Coming Out Day today, many congratulations and much, much love. May you always be happy and free.)
If you’re in D.C. and it’s been a while since you visited, here’s your reminder that the National Cathedral and its gardens make a terrific place to get away from day-to-day busyness for an afternoon. And I can’t think of a better or more solemn reason to pay a visit than the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. It was 25 years ago tomorrow, Oct. 12, that the Laramie, Wyoming university student died in the wake of a savage gay-bashing that left him in a coma for almost a week. (I was 30, working as an editor at USA Today; it remains to this day…
