(Into the Light) Bounville Meets Nikki Lee Taylor and Lincoln Rose and Tours Capitol Hill!

This Past Wednesday, MK followed Alan Bounville around Capitol Hill as he was getting to know the area, we made a point of stopping at Porchlight coffee to meet up with 2 of  OUTview Trans Contributors, Lincoln Rose and Nikki Lee Taylor. I believe Alan enjoyed meeting 2 different members of the Seattle Trans community. The next stop on the tour was the SGN offices on his way out of town to share the beliefs he hopes to spread across the nation during his journey.

Here is a portion of the finished article that appeared in this weeks Seattle Gay News:
'I want to inspire an open conversation about full civil rights,' Bounville said. During his walk, he will be focusing on raising the issue of LGBTQ equality and tackling society's fear of those who don't fit neatly into the male/female gender binary. 'We need a dream. That builds energy in a movement.'

Bounville hopes to bring attention to gender inequality by taking the issue out of insular Pride parades and bringing it into the streets. 'In an insulated environment, we're not tapping into the populace. & Walk down the street with a rainbow flag and talk about your issues. We're out, but we need to be out more. We talk about Pride parades and marches & but the media gets to manipulate that by just showing a guy in a thong or a drag queen,' he said.

Which is great,' he laughed, 'but the point is the media gets to portray it however they like.'

'We all have equal power to create our own action,' he said. 'We don't need to wait for other people to tell us what to do.'

Bounville encourages people to visit the website Connecting Rainbows (connectingrainbows.ning.com) to join the fight for full civil rights for LGBTQ people in America. His walk is detailed at his website, Into the Light (http://www.intothelightwalk.com/).

Stay Tuned for More of Bounville's Seattle Visit as he make his way south in the coming days!