Hello my name is Dylan Levi Boyer. Being a PR major I know within the first 15 seconds of meeting someone one decides wether or not they like you. So within these first few sentences you, as my reader, have already decided if you want to continue to follow my blog or skip to the next one. I hope you choose to stay.
I guess we should start with a little intro about myself. I know this is the boring part and you couldn’t care less but I still feel obligated to share with you a little about my past. I guess first I need to mention that I have ADD. The reason I tell you this is sometimes while reading my blogs you will find that I go off on random tangents that may have nothing to do with the subject but I assure you it relates. (Hopefully)
Ok focus! My name is Dylan Levi Boyer. I was born in Sandwich IL (yes that is a real place, google it) on March 24, 1992. I have one younger brother. My parents started dating in the 8th grade and are still together. I had the best grade school teachers ever and I know that my fantastic social skills directly related from their teachings. I knew all my life that I was different but I couldn’t figure it out. I guess you could say I was a “popular” kid. I started football and theatre at the age of five and keep active in both thought high school. I went to Sandwich Community High School and thats when people really started to remember my name. I even became Homecoming king my senior year amongst all the other extra curricular actives. Something still felt different. Then I figured it out…I am gay.
I guess I knew it all along that being gay was the thing that made me different. I just didn’t want to accept that I was a“homo” that I saw on the news or a “faggot”, a word my teammates would use as an insult towards one another. I do accept who I am and I embrace it everyday!
Now I am a Junior at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I am studying Speech Communication with a focus in Public Relations and a minor in Mass Communication. I am so excited for my journey ahead. My main goal when I am out of school is to be part of a PR team for a company or Non-profit organization. I would prefer to work for a organization that is pro gay rights Ex. Human Rights Campaign or Trevor Project. I would also love to work for a company that is very LGBT friendly Ex. Starbucks, Google, Apple. My dream is to start my own Non-profit to help start a Gay Straight Alliance in need based high schools across the country.
I currently have an internship with a non profit in Elgin and Aurora IL called Open Door. The purpose of the organization is to provide free HIV/STD testing/care in the community. You may see a few blogs posted about HIV/AIDS news hope you find them interesting and you don’t just skip over them. HIV/AIDS is not just a “gay thing” it is a “human thing” Get tested, know your status. HIV ends with us!
Did I scare you away? If you made it this far then I guess you like the first three sentences and you wanted to know more about me. I’m happy I got this first blog out of the way because I really don’t like taking about myself. I hope you learned a little about me and my goals in life. I hope you could keep up with my ADD and maybe make some sense of where I was going with this.
“Be the Change you want to see in the world”-Gandhi
Dylan
sniffled voice “Did you get the call from dad?”. “No” I reply. She then proceeded to tell me that my dog Dixie is not doing well and that they will have to put her down tomorrow morning because she is in so much pain and they don’t think she will last the weekend. As I stared to break down and cry I just kept thinking about how much she means to me. 
During the years when I was coming out was when Dixie was there for me the most. There was nights that I would feel so alone and there she was my best friend to listen to me talk. At times I felt that no one could love me and there was no hope in a future, but there Dixie was giving me all the love a dog can give and telling me to hold on. She was there for me and supported me during the hardest time of my life and its my job to be there for her now. 
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