Yesterday we experienced the privilege of volunteering at a periodic Equitas Health name and gender change legal clinic, assisting lawyers to walk clients through the process of getting a probate court order and changing identity documents.  This is the same legal maze we had to learn to navigate, with very little help, and now get to help others with.

We met many interesting people of all ages and in various stages of their transitions, some just starting on the long journey.  The young lawyers do this work pro bono on the side, because they feel very strongly about advocacy for LGBTQ legal rights, along with trans- and cisgender professionals from Columbus, Dayton, and other cities.

We went into this clinic with some trepidation, but came away very encouraged and inspired.  These people refuse to give up or give in to the current discouraging political climate, believing that this momentum for equal rights cannot be stopped, just temporarily set back.  It gave us hope, even for places like Ohio and Tennessee.

(Also, there was lots and lots of pizza.  Earlier, E had made us her own original breakfast pizza (pictured), but one can never have too much pizza.  So there was that.)

Here is the early morning sky, getting ready to thunderstorm, and some flowers.