Rich & Jae

05/05/2024

Money is tight, so we enjoyed an afternoon at the for our anniversary. We've been together 19 years / married 9. Time flies!

04/08/2024

Day trip to see the eclipse. 🌑

11/07/2023

VOTE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

10/27/2023

Extremist organizations are using a decades-old "protect the kids" campaign in their war to erase LGBTQ voices and promote harmful book bans against the wishes of a majority of parents. Find out how in my newest blog for GLAAD. -Jae

By Jae Moore “Banned books? What does that mean?” Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL) asked, as he presided over a House subcommittee hearing on October 19. Rep. Bean claimed book bans are a “flash in the culture war,” while inviting three speakers who have been fomenting the war. Panelists included: Lin...

10/06/2023

Learn about the importance of storytelling, representation, and leading with love in my newest blog for GLAAD.

Saturday is Let Freedom Read Day (https://bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-read-day/). Whether you have five minutes, half an hour, or more, please do your part tomorrow and beyond to protect intellectual freedom! -Jae

https://glaad.org/levar-burton-and-the-next-generation-on-the-roots-of-book-bans-and-how-to-resist-censorship/

By Jae Moore The name LeVar Burton should ring familiar to anyone who grew up in the ‘80s or ‘90s. As host and executive producer of the award-winning PBS series Reading Rainbow, Burton instilled an unquenchable love for learning in countless children. And now, Burton has taken on a new role: Ho...

09/29/2023

Check out my newest blog post for GLAAD to learn about Banned Books Week (October 1-7), Let Freedom Read Day, and how you can get involved in the fight to defeat book bans! -Jae

https://glaad.org/let-freedom-read/

by Jae Moore Fresh data on book bans is in as we head into Banned Books Week, an annual commemoration highlighting growing censorship efforts and ways that freedom-loving Americans can fight back. New reports from the American Library Association and PEN America reveal that, while some states are ta...

09/01/2023

It was so cool getting to meet Mercury Stardust at ! She's such an amazing person!

Mercury - we didn't get to show you a photo of our cat Mika, so we'll leave one here in case the universe brings you to this post. 😊🐱

06/06/2023

GLAAD released a new toolkit to help community members fight book bans. I'm honored to have been chosen to help write this important publication.

If your public or school library is facing a book challenge, find out how to organize and defeat it by downloading GLAAD's resource today! -Jae

The current story of book bans is interwoven with the story of the skyrocketing number of legislative proposals targeting LGBTQ people and especially, transgender and nonbinary youth. Like bills targeting health care, drag performance, pronouns and public spaces, book bans baselessly and disingenuou...

05/05/2023

to us! ❤️🥂

01/14/2023

Respecting pronouns is a beautiful way to tell someone “I respect YOU”!

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01/01/2023

2022 was the most...year-like year ever. Given the rollover collision and my surgery, I think my goal for 2023 is just not to die. 😂 Just kidding. I hope to land my dream job and finish writing my autobiography. -Jae