Adventures of an Urban Jungleboy

For the record, in case you have managed to miss it somehow:

I, Kevin Roche, am an out gay man, happily married (yes, legally married in the State of California) to my love of 12 years Andy (aka bovil).

I have worked for IBM Research in San Jose for 27 years, am out of the closet at work and engaged as a volunteer on a number of diversity programs there.

Everyone's situation is different. If you are not straight and can be out safely, I encourage you to take the chance. The more people who know someone who doesn't fit the heteronormative sexual stereotype, the less likely they are to treat us as dismissable objects.

Happy National Coming Out Day!

As many of you may know, bovil and I have been attending the GLAAD Media Awards Banquet in San Francisco since the first one. The last two years we've hosted a table.

This year's banquet is Saturday, June 10, 2006. However, bovil and I *also* want to attend Gaylaxicon 2006, which is in Toronto the following weekend.

So what's the big deal? Well, I can't afford to buy an entire table at the awards and attend Gaylaxicon both.

I could *host* a table if other folks want to buy seats at it.

We're starting to make plans now, so comment on whether you'd be interested in doing it that way...

28 December: ETA Ticket Prices are $275 General, $375 VIP . Ouch!