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Hello out there in cyber space,
This is Alexander De Knight, and for the next few moments, I
would like
to take you on a small journey and introduce myself and allow you inside
my life, what I have done, what I strive to achieve and my hope for
the
future.
I was born in the beautiful Prince Edward Island, and spent my entire
childhood there. For me, the Island was my stepping stone and it will always
have a very special place in my heart.
As a child I began to find much happiness in the theatre and
became involved with several musical and theatre groups, both in school and in my community. I found that I enjoyed
these things very much and as I began to grow older I became more and more involved. School plays,
community theatre and alot more, my friends seemed to tease me alot but it didn't bother me, I was doing something
I enjoyed.
During my last year of high school, I had pretty much knew something about
me was a lie, I enjoyed being around the boy's alot more than the girls,
I knew for a while that this was my lifestyle and though i did try to change
my life to suit what everyone else around me did, it made me miserable, My last week of shool I came out of the
closet, and it wasn't easy, infact it became such a hassle from my community that I had to move away, just to give my
family peace, people home didn't like a Faggot living in their territory and made my family just as miserable
as they did me, to this day I still remember the torture, the late nite phone calls and the horrible things
that went on, so I moved away to the city and vowed never to allow this to ever effect me again.
I did stay involved with theatre and before I knew it my life was the theatre,
When I wasn't performing in show's I was directing or designing set's, I also had
the opportunity to teach and became very well respected by both my students and their families, by doing these
thing's it gave me a sence of releace from the world, and escape from myself, i wasn't completely happy being gay, having
to leave home, and before i knew it another chapter in my life had come to an end. Growing up I knew there was something
about me that just didn't seem to fit in with my surroundings, after comming to the realization that I was a gay
man living in a very straight laces little contry area, on a little tiny Island and I decided that the best thing for
me to do was leave my Island in pursuit of a brand new life, in a brand new place, with brand new people just like me,
and with that I moved to Halifax, N.S.
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Halifax would indeed prove to be
my stepping stone to a new life, but it did come with it's share of everything possible, I became the token gay boy
and began a life of constant partying. I lived as though the world was ending , it wasn't until I exhausted myself that
I realized that life was not just a party, and that I had to live in my life as well as live my life. During my
wild days, I had alot of help from people making sure I was fed, housed and other things, because I just couldn't seem to
help myself at times, it was then that I made a pact to help those who needed it, and that's when I began my life
with the Court
The court system is an organization that raises much needed fund's to community
groups in their area as well as contribute to the awareness of equality within the GLBT communities they hail from.
Being gay, I figured this was the ultimate place for me to work in, I helped found the Halifax chapter and
later became Baron II of Halifax, this was my way of saying thank you to the community that helped me get on my feet
and become one again. It was in Halifax that I met my future partner.
After six years of wildness, growing up, helping others, and finally landing a
fine man, I knew it was time to leave my second home and start afresh once more. My partner and I decided to pack
up, say good bye and head to the bigger GRAND city of Calgary.
Calgary is great, the people are wonderful, and I couldn't have asked for a better
city to have settled in, recently I was elected into the Calgary court as Emperor XXVIII, it have been a great
journey thus far, and I am proud to represent such a wonderful city as Calgary this year
Looking back on my life, it wasn't always easy, I never alway's made the
right decision, I did fall sometimes, but within everything that has happened I have come out a winner, I have
a wonderful loving Husband, I live in a great city, filled with awesome people, I am happy in life,
good job, and along with it all, I am at peace with myself, something at one time I thought I could never
have.
Thank you for reading a bit about me.
The Super Starr Emperor
Alexander Black Starr Would Wolfe DeKnight
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