Wade Michael Page, 40, was a U.S. war veteran who had a 9-11 tattoo on his arm, he was an anti-Muslim and Euro-centric White supremacist, and he needed mental help.
Wade Page was the shooter at the Sikh church in Wisconsin.
If you know of any veteran in need of help, please pass on this information. Even if that person "seems to be okay" we never know what is happening in their minds and souls. I can speak by personal experiences, dealing with recent friendships with servicemen.
Everyone who has been to war needs support. Do not judge, just help.
Read more info: http://veteranscrisisline.net/
Also, I'm touched by the peaceful and humanitarian reach of the Sikh community. I feel very curious about visiting their churches.
Two months ago I started a male-to-female transition. These photos are just a way to register this changing and exciting process.
I already can see some physical changes and I feel different emotions, because of the hormones I take in a daily basis. Mentally and spiritually, I have become more sensitive and calm in a good way, and my views of life are a bit different, more hopeful and mature.
Most days I go out dressed as a woman, and people are respectful, except some men who make sexually aggressive comments or they react homophobic sometimes. I like when taxi drivers refuse to charge me, of course I don't tell them I was born a male, until I get out of the cab. [lol]
Last week I bought my first training brassiere (the lady at Target in Columbia Heights was very helpful) and I'm getting most of my clothing from thrift stores located in Washington, DC and Maryland. I love collecting unique pieces of clothing and shoes, arty pieces.
So far, I feel very comfortable with this process. I will post more images in 2-3 months. By the way, I'm using the names Camila and Mishki (sweetness in Quechua language) a name given by my good friend Marcos.
Update: I'd like to thank those of you who donated. I have bought a new video camcorder and I will post a video acknowledging those who kindly replied to my campaign. Muchas gracias!
Hello readers and friends. I would like to ask for your support to continue my work as a video blogger. A month ago I lost my only camcorder during the 2012 LGBT Capital Pride Parade, when a volunteer offered her help but later on, she vanished with my camera. That day not only I lost beautiful footage of the parade but I lost the only video camcorder I've been using in the past few years. Since then, I haven't been able to continue video blogging even when I tried to use a small photo camera, I can't achieve a good quality work.
As you know, I'm a video blogger, free-lance writer, social media activist and artist painter based in Washington, DC. I've been recording videos for my blogs since 2006 for my blogs: Carlos in DC, Peruanista, Two Spirits One. Most of my videos are posted in YouTube in the channels: Carlos in DC/Peruanista/TwoSpiritsOne) Vimeo and other video websites.
As a result of my not-for profit work, I've been invited to 5 social media conferences in the U.S. and people can re-use my videos free of charge, as my contribution for the community. I do not receive any type of private nor public funding, whatsoever.
Please consider making a donation in this link, no matter what the amount is. As a retribution I will send you a small abstract painting of mine (20" x 40") and a thank you mention in my blogs and videos, if you prefer. Most importantly, your support will allow me to continue doing some things that already have made a difference in people's lives and mine, in a very good way.
Thank you in advance.
Examples of my work
I was interviewing a Washington, DC, neighbor displaced by gentrification in 2011, for a pending project.
