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Editorial
Valentine's Day, International Style
Editorial
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With this month’s issue, Out in the Mountains celebrates its 16th anniversary. Last year was a time for us to reflect on the changes that our community experienced recently, from the civil union decision to the Take Back Vermont backlash. Now it is time to move forward, though, and prepare for the coming year.
With the grant recently awarded to the R.U.1.2? Community Center and the efforts by Democratc Gubernatorial Candidate Doug Racine to connect with our community as hints toward the positive changes that we are set to experience, this year, an election year, should prove to be an exciting one that will no doubt be full of twists and turns, wins and losses.
It is important to remind ourselves that connecting with the incredible people and places around us is what keeps our community vital and alive. We must continue to enrich our beautiful state with the endless personalities, ideas, and compassion that cover its landscape.
Traditionally, February is a time to celebrate our loved ones, so throughout the pages of this month’s issue, I have selected articles that speak to these intimate connections we all have that bind us together.
Please join me in welcoming Pete Gershon as the new Art Director here at Out in the Mountains. He brings with him new ideas, keeping true to our vision of utilizing new voices and talents at this publication so that we can continue to fairly represent the diversity of our community here in Vermont.
Growth is synonymous with change, so I encourage everyone to support the organizations that are so important to our GLBT community over the next year. The more we work together, the greater the results.
And let us not forget to always look into ourselves to create the most effective change because the more we reach out to each other, the more incredible our lives can truly be.
Jason Whipple
Editor-in-Chief