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 Susy Phillips |
Susy Phillips is one person who has tons of energy and when she puts her mind to it, she pretty much writes her own ticket in life. She's also quite the jokester as you will see in her answers. Susy was born and raised in North Little Rock, a place she called “dogg town.” “I now live a wee three minutes away from the site of my original establishment,” Susy said. “Still in NLR, I stay in Levy, folks in Park Hill ( other side of the tracks). Actually, we live next to the ghetto; not in, just right next to it!” When asked about her career she told us: “I work in records management, retrieving, storing and destroying documents for lawyers, doctors, banks, communication companies, hospitals etc.” “My wife and I held a dog wash for Arkansas Equality Network once where I think we raised $15 ($5 was from us anyway),” Susy said. “I've done rallies and protests with my mom, but mostly I stay a conscientious and devout voter and am quick to tell everyone else how to vote as well. My biggest contribution to the community is just being a normal out person. Several of our friends have told us they didn't know any gay people before they met us and our relationship has made them either more aware of the LGBT plight or changed their minds completely.” What are your thoughts on coming out, advice to others, etc.? “Friends told us that once you come out it's no big deal anymore and boy/girl, were they right. Being out to me doesn't mean marching around in your own gay parade all the time with excessive amounts of rainbows or ‘We're here, we're queer' stickers all over my car. “Of course I have an equality sticker on my car, but I also have Sierra Club, Humane Society, biking and other stickers that represent all of who I am. If someone asks me if I married, I say yes. If someone asks me what my husband does, I say, ‘Oh, I have a wife. She's a banker,' and move on.” What do you see in the near future and long-range for gay rights/equality? “I see legal battles in the near future that will ultimately define our long-term rights. As long as the gay card is used as a political agenda, we won't get anywhere soon. But like racial equality, case-by-case judgments most definitely will allow us the freedom to marry and join the general population as plain old citizens, probably in my lifetime.” Date and place of birth? 10/26/78 Little Rock What is your favorite food? Dog biscuits What food will you not eat? Anything that has a face What is the best job you've ever had? Yogurt slinger at TCBY (where I met my wife, who was my boss that gave me a job) What is your dream job? Sit around and write poetry all day. If you didn't have to work, what would you do with all of your time? See above and add rock climbing, running, biking, hiking, orienteering, playing guitar and scratching my bum a bit too, I'm sure. Who do you admire most (living or dead)? Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama. To be placed as the spiritual and political head of a people and religion at such a young age in such a bad time in history has made this smiley guy the man of the millennium for me. Who would you lunch with if you could have anyone (living or dead)? My wife; she smells nice. |
