Larry Horne:  

If anyone really looks at this - they are looking for the basic facts first. Did I lose an arm in a terrible accident, or maybe become a woman in the Netherlands? Did I become a terrorist, or, worse yet, a republican? So, here are the basics: I am not married - that is still not legal in all 50 states - although we are now closer!! I am in a partnership (yes, and not a business one) for the past 13 years. My boyfriend is an urban designer. We have lived in Moses Lake, Spokane, Las Vegas, and - just recently - Olympia. We adopted a most fabulous son named Terrence three years ago. He is now 15. He is our pride and joy. And no, he's not from China or some such Sally Struthers infomercial - but a kid out of the child welfare system in the good old US of A. Adoption from our child welfare system (foster care) is - I believe - not only critical, but a responsibility of all caring citizens. I work as an assistant director in state government in Olympia - in the child advocacy arena. I continue to believe that the personal is the political -no surprises there! I try to dedicate as much time advocacy and equality for all disenfranchised groups as time allows. Old age does not bring all of us to complacency and conservatism - as the saying goes. I continue to believe that Ronald Regan and both Bushes were the worst things that happened to America in past 30 years. I still remember feeling scared and desperate in November 1980 when Regan was elected (there - that's my childhood memory). I also remember a lot of good and happy times at Moses Lake High. Although it was a rough and terrible place for a gay kid trying to grow up in a straight world - the people I met (the friends that I had) were wonderful. That, I suppose, is the only reason I paid the 19.99 to come look around at this site. Lee (most certainly), Ramiro, Trisha (cuz), Sherry, the Twins, Rudy, David, Andy (although you go back a lot further than high school). Names keep coming to me - so won't try to name everyone. It's really strange thinking back and trying to remember. I just know that it could have been a lot worse for me - but people (I believe) are basically pretty good. The years of high school could hav...Expand for more