Father’s Day is this month, and as a father, I ask myself if I have made an impact on my children’s lives.

Many people claim their fathers have impacted their lives, and they’re right. Fathers play an important role in the family unit, providing stability, guidance, and love. I have tried to provide those things, but have I influenced them positively in any other way?

There are some things you should probably understand about me to appreciate how I’ve tried to impact their lives. I try to be a giving, generous man to the point where people have taken advantage of me. I`m not a handyman, preferring to use the Yellow Pages to fix something as opposed to screwing it up myself.

By John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author

John Szlachetka, also known as Jasz to many of his friends, has been an activist, speaker, and writer for LGBT rights, for a number of years.  A former high school teacher, he has seen the discrimination and bullying  LGBT youth face everyday.   He himself has lived through discrimination and homophobia both from his family and society in general.  This has made him stronger and more determined to fight for the equality of his LGBT brothers and sisters.   Besides his activism, he also councels LGBT couples with problems that arise in their relationships.  He is also a pastor for the Universal Life Church.    When he is not marrying couples, he is saving them from crisis.   You can also find him in many different facebook groups, fighting along side his LGBT brothers and sisters. 

As a member of the 10,000 couples team, Jasz hopes to promote both the e-magazine, and to to bring more couples into our 10,000 couples family.  Now that Same-Sex-Marriage has become an important subject world wide, he wants bring together everyone in the LGBT community to fight for the rights of our community.