Author: FAC Contributor #6

Weekly Update #131 Dear Members and Advocates: Happy New Year!!! So much has changed between this time last year and today that I’m more surprised by what didn’t change because of COVID than what did. I’m shocked that despite the spread of a global pandemic, the State of Florida did not suspend IN PERSON registration. Things like vehicle changes or

Weekly Update #127 Dear Members and Advocates, As the holidays are upon us, we wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. It’s hard to envision a year more messed up than 2020. Hopefully 2021 will bring a cure to the pandemic that has plagued the world, relief to stores, businesses and individuals who have been impacted

Weekly Update #126 Dear Members and Advocates, When I started fielding some FAC member calls a number of years back, I remember the first call I received from someone caught in an online sting. The person was on Craigslist’s personals when he met someone who said she was in her twenties, they communicated back and forth, conversations became sexual, she

Weekly Update #125 Dear Members and Advocates, I’m worried about my memory. I’m starting to forget things and I imagine it will get worse as I get older. I’m not talking about the momentary lapses like calling my kid by my dog’s name or the innocent oversights, like forgetting to pick up my in-laws at the airport. Those are harmless.

Weekly Update #123 Dear Members and Advocates, I have been writing a similar Thanksgiving week update every year since I’ve become involved in FAC. The general theme being; there are those among us who are living on street corners, isolated from their families because of residency restrictions, curfew or simply abandonment. We need to keep these individuals in mind and

Weekly Update #121 Dear Members and Advocates, A few days ago I had a conversation with a friend and fellow advocate that made me completely re-think my identity. For the longest time I’ve always considered myself an advocate for “reform” and our movement as the “registry reform movement”. Truth is, I’m not advocating to reform the registry. Unless the “reform”