Me No Dumb Dumb, Me Learn Good: Things Everyone Should Know Even Though It Is Not Taught In School

About The Book

This Old Man's Opinions And Observations. I started life as a racist then a racist Republican.

Then A Racist Republican Married Military Man, Me No Dumb Dumb Me Learn Good

Things Everyone Should Know Even Though It Is Not Taught In School.

This Old Man's Opinions And Observations. I started life as a racist then a racist Republican.

Then A Racist Republican Married Military Man.

Morphed and accepted I was a gay man and I came out.

Became a very vocal out LGBTQ and civil rights activist in Mississippi.

Became A Business man and Grandfather. In 2005 -2010 was an active addict.

Now a married business man, grandparent and great grandparent that is determined to end racism and discrimination.

About The Author

Todd R. Emerson is a Mississippi Gulf Coast LGBTQ advocate and community organizer. A graduate of Gulfport High, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at 17 and later founded Gay and Lesbian Friendly (GL Friendly). He organized Ocean Springs and Mississippi's first documented gay parade in 1993. In 1994, he and Luis Cintron applied for a marriage license in Ocean Springs-a local act of courage later recognized as part of Mississippi's marriage equality history. His life and advocacy are featured in a 2024 oral history within the University of Mississippi's Queer Mississippi Studies collection. A father of three daughters, Todd is also a proud grandfather of twelve and great-grandfather of three. He has lived in Texas since 1995 and has been married to Daniel Gene Hill since 2015.