: About Me

I am a very passionate man, and I love to write. It is one thing I do that I lose track of time while doing. I believe when that happens that is when we know for sure it is what we are meant to do. I believe there is something in all of us that may not yet be discovered that will be that way for them to if not already. I have had the enormous honor have having been invited to the "University Philosophical Society" in Dublin Ireland for my writing, to debate on the topic of "the effects of mainstream gay culture on the equal rights movement. They claimed I had the most unique perspective on gay culture that they had yet heard. I have been interviewed live on BBC radio because of a essay I had sent in on gay marriage that they thought was one of their best in a long time. I am new at writing so these few blessings I have received have been quite and inspiration for me.
I have a book coming out soon called "A handbook to understanding gay culture", why gay men do what they do. I believe it will be quite controversial. Being a gay man myself, my ideas about gay culture are a bit atypical and tend to make many members of mainstream gay culture angry. However there have been many that have been grateful for my honesty about subject matter that I cover that no one seems to dare to.
I think and live outside the box. I feel that I have a clearer view of all that is around me then. One of my favorite things to do is to invite a group of diverse people over for dinner because I love to cook, and sit around the table and engage in lively discussions on all sorts of topics from religion, politics,anthropology, scientific breakthroughs, ethics and social issues etc.
I think of myself as frustrated social anthropologists because I am completely enthralled with dramatically different cultures from our own. I seem to chase around the world looking for places and cultures that give me goosebumps. I tend to travel to developing countries for that reason, that they do offer greater cultural differences from that which I grew up in. I find it gives me a broader range of perspective on life and the many different ways people can live and be joyful. Our way isn't they only way, it is just our way and what we are used to. I like to challenge myself and my belief systems by putting myself in these circumstances. It has been my greatest teacher. Thank you, Aaron Jason Silver

My passion is ...

social justice

I know too much about ...

usless trivia

My parents always told me ...

we are not in this world for ourselves but for each other

My childhood ambition ...

was to travel the world and visit all the wonderous cultures I saw in National Geographic

My favorite memory ...

sitting atop Machu Pichu

Why I write ...

I have to for relief

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

politics,history, biographies, national geographic

My first job ...

teaching the mentally impaired

My best moment ...

Having my book published

My inspiration ...

my father

Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should all government decisions incorporate citizen input?

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I do not think it is always a good idea to put every decision up for a public vote. If that were indeed the case who knows when blacks would have achieved civil rights? When it was determined that blacks should have the right to vote and have all of the same civil rights appreciated by whites the majority of American citizens were against it. This same issue can also now be applied to the same civil rights for gays. In spite of the majority being against all of the same rights for gays as there are for straights the Government needs to do what is not only what is morally right but also to ...

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