LGBT – Do The Daniel

September 1, 2024September 9, 2024

The types of trips and traveling I’ve always dreamed of

Over the course of the last few weeks, I’ve been looking back on 2024 with a sense of gratitude and gratefulness. I think for the majority of the year, I’ve been guilty of not speaking kindly to and of myself. I’ve come to understand that it can be easy to get stuck in negative headspaces. If you’re feeling or have felt that recently, I am here to remind you how beautiful you are and how great you’re doing. Even if you don’t see that right now.

As we head into to the autumn and ultimately my birthday in October, I am now in the head space where I want to start thinking about warmer climates and the types of experiences I can find through travel. In hopes of manifesting the types of trips and travel I have always wanted, I thought it would be beautiful to write them into existence together with you.

October 3, 2020October 12, 2020

Fifteen Years Later, I’m Finally Sharing My Coming Out Story

Funny, even just writing the title to this blog post evokes a lot of different emotions. For those of you who don’t know, October 11th is National Coming Out Day, and I am sharing my personal experience. To help shed light on the importance of this day, Egale, Canada’s leading organization for LGBTQI2S people and issues, asked queer content creators to share their stories in the most open and honest way we could. So…. here we go.

June 3, 2020June 4, 2020

Supporting Queer Designers and Brands during Pride Month

It’s June, It’s Pride Month and it’s time to share some ways you can support queer designers and brands that are here for the LGBTQ+ community not only during the month of June, but all year long. One of my absolutely favourite people on this planet, and designer extraordinaire, decided to use his brand to give back this month and the world needs to know about it.

May 25, 2019May 28, 2019

There’s Still A Lot to Do

It was earlier this year as I began another campaign with the blog for a brand that we had worked with a few times over the year. At the time, I hadn’t decided to put down the proverbial torch I had been carrying on my own for the blog to begin looking for a new career. It was still my all, my everything, and for the most part the only thing that was keeping me afloat. Faced with finding a way to showcase happiness, I made myself presentable, set up the product in my kitchen and shot the campaign photos and video.

I was happy with the results and thought I even looked good in the photos (something I don’t often say about myself while I work on being a healthier version of myself physically, emotionally, and mentally). When the campaign went live, I could never have imagined the amount of hateful and abusive comments I would get online about being a gay man. The campaign went viral, but in the wrong way. The sad part is that it’s not the first time strangers have wished me dead, told me I was evil, and chastised me on the internet just for being myself and doing what I love. Although it is 2019, the fact remains that there’s still a LOT to do.