I wanted to title this post "Why on earth are The Gay Vegans following me?" but that was a bit long of a title, especially for twitter.
I love building community. And I do a lot of that online. Our blog has accounts on Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter. I use each one for different purposes, and I never blindly connect them all so the same post goes to all of them. I do use them to spread my blog posts, but I also use them to meet folks I'd like to know and to build community with folks who might not normally be in community with gay vegans.
Being 48 and wanting to be as healthy as possible, I like connecting with others who work out and are into fitness. When I see someone who says that they are vegan are into fitness too, I like to connect with them.
That doesn't always go over well. So I want to clear the air if you will.
If I connect with you through social media it is because that something you are doing either inspires me, I want more of it in my life, or it's something I want to learn more about.
It doesn't mean I am hitting on you for goodness sake! Or that I want to offend you in any way!
There are a bunch of folks out there who inspire me. They may be totally out about being a follower of Christ, or vegan, or raw, and I make the attempt to connect.
They are not always thrilled. Recently on twitter, a vegan guy wrote how he couldn't believe The Gay Vegans would connect with him. After all, he's Christian, and far right. We exchanged some tweets and after I saw other tweets where he wrote to others saying that he was just going to have fun with us I disconnected.
Seriously?
He is a vegan athlete, including being a runner, and of course I would want to be connected with him.
But I get it. There are just always going to be folks who for whatever reason do not want to be connected with gays and/or vegans.
Another guy, on Instagram, deleted my comment on a photo of his saying that he was inspiring me.
So...
If The Gay Vegans connect with you on any of the social media listed above and you do not want to be connected with us, please just tell me. I will disconnect and all will be well in the world. I honestly only wanted to build relationship and let you know that something you are doing inspires me or teaches me.
I hope this clears the air.
Thanks for reading.
I'm 56, married with 2 dogs. I've been vegan for more than 2 years. I've been into cycling for almost 20 years and wanting to be healthier. The interest in health led me to "Forks Over Knives" which began my road to veganism. Then it became clear how factory farming is, among many other things, killing the planet. And now it's become about the animals too. I just wanted to say I enjoy visiting your blog to see what's up. I'm training in Omaha for several weeks and will make sure to visit Modern Love before I leave. Keep doing what you're doing with a kind heart and it will all work out. Also, have you discovered Esther The Wonder Pig? If not you have to check her out. Have a great day!
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