People Who Have Made A Difference In My Life Part 2: Jason (Jessie) Von Huene

I met Jason when I was in high school. We were different back then kind of people on the outside looking in a lot of the time. Let's face it we were outcasts back then. Now we are popular among the progressive crowd and despised by the bible thumping crowd. The time we re-met at church was genuinely fascinating. Neither of us go there anymore but we still go to church together at Southminster and Metropolitan Community. In addition to church our outdoor adventures and the party times and the day of my graduation were the most memorable. We have genuinely created a gender non-conforming bromance (or is it a bigender bromance yet to be determined if we are even bros or overgrown women). Regardless of our role in activism, outdoors, partying, church, coffee, food, and celebrating our lives it is clear that we are basically gender-bending gay men by how we dress and act never really going for women these days because really we are women and men at the same time and are feminine men and just one of the women when we are out. Our transformation from dorkable losers in high school to popular adults is miraculous often times we can't get through downtown without someone knowing us. Jason (he often goes by Jessie and prefers that when introducing him/herself to others) is a compassionate person and has a heart of gold and is a loving person with a lot of integrity and genuine thoughtfulness. Within our many trips we have found and refound ourselves so many times and have created a genuine friendship that while people think we would work out we wouldn't I wouldn't trade my bromance with Jason for anyone it is a unique situation and we are lucky to have each other. If I was an animal I would be a penguin but if Jason (Jessie) was an animal it would be a German Shepherd puppy. Thankful for all the fun times with Jason (Jessie) and our many moments together  Hope for years more of friendship and possible rooming together in a couple of years in Portlandia.