Earl Dax

"Curiosity did not kill this cat. And it’s curiosity, I think, that has saved me thus far.” - Studs Terkel After graduating from high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico I moved to Los Angeles. I had an interest in the entertainment industry, and I figured I should either move to LA or New York. LA was closer. Living in the shadow of the Hollywood sign was - as Dina Martina says of a summer spent in Provincetown - "psychologically damaging." It took several years and pit stops in Las Vegas, San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), and Perry Point, Maryland (a one year stint in AmeriCorps) before I managed to clear my head of the emotional and psychological smog that had permeated my psyche in LA - or more specifically West Hollywood. In Maryland, I was connected with my passion for service and social engagement. A year later when I moved to Philadelphia I was connected with my sense of outrage and commitment to social justice through involvement with a queer direct action group called Grassroot Queers [sic]