I have abandoned my online presence and gone into contemplative spiritual retreat.

I will soon turn 70. Post-election, being a public figure in LGBTQ+ history, now forced to live under the rule of white christian nationalist fascism, I no longer feel safe.

What many of us thought was the promise of the internet in the 1990’s is not what it became. For the most part, the internet has devolved into an intellectually desolate and dystopian landscape of misinformation, divisiveness, intolerance, greed and festering hate. The very antithesis of what we had envisioned at its onset. Instead of bringing out the best in humankind, it brought out the very worst.

After a lifetime of marching in protests, being a vocal advocate for civil, human and animal rights, and spending the last decade actively fighting against american naziism and fascism in all its insidious forms I’m completely exhausted, soul weary and emotionally numb.

My one wish is to spend what time I have left on this planet enjoying a simpler life in solitude.

This website account and domain will self-delete when their contract terms run out.