Formed circa 1976 and brought to the domain jaysays.com in 2004, Jay (that’s me) is a Libra on the cusp of Scorpio.

I first became a “gay activist” at 18 years old when I co-founded a LGBT Youth Group at my local Gay and Lesbian Community Center.  After a few months of dealing with the bureaucracy and politics associated with the fear of the Community Center getting in trouble with the “minors”, I moved on and became an individual - non-group affiliated, outspoken person.

That all began to change at about 23 years of age as I increasingly became a “complacent gay”.  This was a result of many things, a wonderful partner (now in our 11th year of homo-bliss), a great job that did not discriminate against my homosexuality, and a loving family that accepted my life partner and I as a family unit (my mother refers to my partner as her “son-in-love” - a term which both represents the fact that we have no legal recognition but are recognized as a unit).

jaysays.com began as a “where’s jay” sort of site as I was traveling the country for work and wanted friends and family to be able to stay up-to-date on my location.  It later morphed into a humorist site when I returned to the legal profession and became more stationary and easy to locate.  I shared my joy for laughter with friends, family and the “unique visitors” that swiftly became both friends and fans.

I then decided to re-design the site using a CMS instead of my original HTML/DHTML site and in the process had multiple technical set backs - including losing the big bulk of my back-ups.  At that point I decided to change direction completely and start blogging about politics - after all, I’m a political junky and have a lot to say about law and government.

Then Texas passed it’s Prop 8 equivalent which amended the Texas Constitution to include the phrase “or similar to marriage.”  The margin for its passing was enormous and I was no longer complacent, but didn’t know what to do.  Upon the passage of Prop 8, my life changed - a Nation was electrified and I knew my calling.  I lost my fear of being vocal and became willing to pay any price to ensure that the next generation of LGBT citizens won’t suffer the same fate that this generation has.

My goal isn’t to just blog about the issues, but to stand up against hate, violence, misinformation and fear in my day to day life.  I encourage all that share this goal to join me - we have stood in the shadows of fear long enough - release your fear and stand-up, be counted and say, “I’m not afraid of you anymore.”  Together, we can make a difference - together our story will be that of the victors.