My Big Gay Agenda

I’m sorry. I’m too busy to talk right now. I have an agenda—a big gay agenda. I need acid-free cardstock, streamers, and balloons. I just picked up my rainbow shoelaces, but I still need to pick up more poster boards.

I have things to do. From conferences to poetry, from podcasts to op-eds, I have places to be. If you have a complaint take and number and get in line. I’ll be with you in a minute. I’m giving out hugs today at the conference center, and it’s all part of my big agenda.

There’s still more to do. There’s a whole world that needs healing through love and I happen to have a lot of love to share. Because I have been given much, I too must give. I have a phone call after this—another youth came out to her ward. I want to be the first to welcome her to this beautiful queer world.

My big gay agenda cannot wait, cannot stop, cannot pause, cannot stall when there is too much at stake. I must change the world one hug at a time. Heal every queer body, one cell at a time. Bless every soul with all the priesthood power I can muster. There’s simply too much to do and I’ve only got so much time to do it. My big gay agenda cannot wait.