Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Lars Clausen, activist and author

Lars Clausen is a member of a group I am in
which is discussing and planning
a Cohousing/Intentional Community project. He
is also an engineer, a pastor, an author, and
a unicyclist. And an activist, which, in my
view, is a very good thing to be. In 2003, in
the "One Wheel - Many Spokes" ride, he rode
his unicycle through all 50 states to
raise awareness of the Inupiat people on the
Seward Peninsula and to raise money for the
Seward Peninsula Endowment Fund.

In 2005, Lars did a 1,000 mile "Straight Into
Gay America" unicycle ride for Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GBLT)
rights. Each of these rides is the subject of
a book by Lars.

Please visit his websites:

One Wheel

Straight Into Gay America

Read his newsletters about the rides, the people
he met on the rides, and the conversations he
had with them. Read about how he came to be
a supporter of GBLT rights. You can even read
the first three chapters from "Straight Into
Gay America" online for free, and who knows,
maybe you'll want to buy his books!