When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

In my experience being out at first scary but it became liberating, and now it just an open part of me just like I am a knitter and I always wear glasses.

This is the last in a series of three hats from Where the Rainbow Begins. Until 2016, 25% of the sales from this pattern and the ebook will go to New Avenues for Youth a local youth homeless shelter who just opened up a transitional home for LGTBQ youth.