STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive.

Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.

I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.

The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.

I am emboldened, not cowed, by the words and actions of Trump and his circle. I believe many others are as well. Together we will stand in opposition. I'm not going anywhere, and I won't be silenced.

As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.

We have the history of slavery or inequality to women, and now the civil rights movement of the 21st century is the struggle for equality for the gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. And I think it's important for Americans to know about the times that we failed.