David Hayward

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21 Jan, 6 tweets, 2 min read

THREAD: I F***ing Love You!

I’ve been thinking about the ways we celebrate love. Valentine's Day is coming up and traditionally its been centered on very stereotypical, heteronormative kind of love.

Well F*** that!

Our community is so incredibly diverse and I love that we come together to celebrate each other.

This year, I'm committed to creating a space for us to celebrate love in every shape, size, expression and sexuality. To let you put your love out there for the world to see 🧡

My wife Lisa is a nurse, in her workplace, the patient gets to choose who their family is. Even if it's non-traditional or breaks stereotypes.

This is a philosophy we can adopt with the concept of love. No matter what it looks like, the choice is valid, and always ours to make.

This includes celebrating self love, LGBTQ love, familial love, and the love between friends. I want this to be a day that everyone can own and celebrate.

Because love is universal and should never be put into a "tidy" little box and packaged for a Hallmark movie.

Celebrate because you love yourself, or your friends, or because you’re gay and in an amazing relationship with the partner that was made for you.

Whatever love looks like to you, that’s what love is!

So, over the next 2 weeks I’ll be celebrating all kinds of love and trying to shine a spotlight on the love that we don't see enough of.

Let me know how you love, who you love or what you think?

I f***ing love you!

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