Beyond being an activist and educator, Matt has shown tremendous courage to just be himself in the face of all pressures and dangers to the contrary. He has always inspired me by his example of confidently allowing himself the freedom to just be who he is.

Matt also showed me that when you make your own rules and discover your own community you can reach across bloodlines, gender, age, orientation, politics, religion, anything at all, to find the commonalities and express a love and compassion for one another.