Sassafras Lowrey

As a kid just the idea of Westminster meant a whole lot to me, so as you can imagine I was over the top thrilled when I was given the opportunity to get a press pass to the show and cover it for The Bark this year!!!  My article about my experience going which talks a bit about what i see as the pros and cons of the AKC but then mostly is focused on what attending Westminster meant to meant to me just went live over at The Bark

The blog at The Bark briefly references my experience of being homeless as a teenager and loosing my dogs- the eight anniversary of that actually just passed last week which made the experience of getting to attend the show even more meaningful for me, sort of a right of passage and the ultimate proof to myself that I survived. Needless to say I think the press pass is going to be hanging at my desk for quite a while as a special reminder of the experience. I blogged on the exact anniversary of being kicked out over at the ‘Kicked Out’ website and that post includes pictures of me from when I was in high school with the dogs I lostbelow the cut are some of the pictures I took while I was at the show!  there were so many beautiful dogs I didn’t get a ton of great pics but did take a few that didn’t get used for the story so i thought you guys might like to see

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tomorrow (february 11th) marks the eight anniversary of when i was kicked out that final time. I’ve got a new blog post about it up at http://www.kickedoutanthology.com (including pictures of teen me)

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There is a new blog post all about my thoughts and reflections on the national release of Kicked Out over at the Kicked Out website !!!!

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Hi everyone, I’m all packed and in just a few hours will be flying to Dallas Texas for the National Release of Kicked Out which will be part of the 22nd Annual Creating Change Conference produced by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, whose groundbreaking report on LGBTQ youth homelessness is excerpted inside the Kicked Out anthology!

If you’re at Creating Change the Kicked Out National Release reading will be Friday night at 6:30pm (not sure of the room number yet).  Because I’m superstitious (and airlines charge so much money for heavy bags- and books are not light) I’ve got my carryon packed full of some of the first copies of Kicked Out!

I’ve only attended Creating Change one time before this, when I was a youth less than a year after being kicked out the final time, to be returning to such a monumental conference to debut a book like this that puts the voices and experiences of homeless LGBTQ youth to the forefront is such an honor.
If you aren’t at Creating Change I’m going to be twittering live from the conference on my twitter @ sassafraslowrey

to learn more about Kicked Out visit www.KickedOutAnthology.com

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