Welcome to the June issue of Diversity Rules Magazine. Happy Pride! The month’s feature is an essay by Ron Blake promoting a documentary done about his brutal rape and beating at the hands of three men who entered his Phoenix home. The documentary is entitled “I Am.” Ron’s story appeared in Diversity Rules Magazine in the June 2018 issue.
Two award-winning filmmakers spent the past year producing the film. It takes us on Ron’s riveting ten-year cross-country Hero’s Journey to overcome a trauma involving anti-LGBT bias. It also explains the significant role of popular comedian Stephen Colbert in this 92,000-mile ongoing mission.
Arizona filmmakers Ethan and Aidan Sinconis are high school twin brothers. These strong LGBT allies were awarded the best student film in the U.S. in 2024, beating out more than 2,000 entries. The guys followed up that huge accomplishment by using their artistic talent to take on this bold, new film project, telling Ron’s story to the world.
Click HERE to read Ron’s essay, and learn more about “I Am.”