BE SOMEBODY, somewhere

I talked with a new-ish member of Meeting today, who had just got back from visiting Dublin, where she went to Eustace Street Meeting, my old Meeting in Dublin, and when she said she was visiting from Philadelphia, ARCH STREET Meeting, Thomas Querany  came up to her and said, among other things that what happened to me really served to galvanize the Irish gay community to demand equality and fair, not special, treatment from Irish society and law.

Which they now enjoy, in full.

I burst into happy tears.  To think that my assault and recovery helped; had a purpose and did some good,makes. It all so much more palatable, and meaningful to  me.