Y’all, Taylor Lancaster is one of my best friends and Buddhist and vegan mentors.

Find him on insta @tenderliving

He was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for his protest against GMOs, traveled on his bike for 2 years, and just finished the PCT.

He was also molested as a kid, raped, and beaten up for his queerness.

He lives life on his own terms, which is why he inspires me.

We chat in Maui about his sobriety, how that affects his queerness and his internalized homophobia, and whether any of this is real.