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The Post series on gay youth concludes with two articles published yesterday and today on 17-year-old Felicia Holt of Newark, N.J. (“Braving the Streets Her Way” and “Using Her Voice to Rise Above”). Staff writer Anne Hull hosted an online discussion this morning.
» Previously in this series, Michael Shackelford.
For next month’s general election, the deadline to register to vote is today in D.C. (elections office open until 7 p.m.) and Virginia (5 p.m.). Maryland has until Tue., Oct. 12.
As you may know, for a while now I’ve been living in Virginia de facto with Thom, but only now am I starting the process of slowly moving out of the District officially. A couple of weeks ago I sent my voter registration application to the local Arlington elections office, and shortly thereafter my voter card arrived. It’s kind of refreshing to have actual issues (albeit a handful) on the ballot; in the few D.C. elections that I’ve voted in, there wasn’t much to vote on at all. Gee, thanks a lot, federal government. (I’m reminded of my years in California, where usually there’d be so many propositions on the ballot that the voter booklet had the heft of a good-sized magazine and often required considerable study.)
Anyway, there’s less than a month to go before the election. Make sure you’re registered!