About Ken and Josh
Ken Seifert
A young professional working in Washington, DC. Ken finished graduate school in 2005 and is now working for the Federal Government. A 2007 graduate of the Presidential Management Fellows program, he is proud to be working for The Man. He has lived in many places around the country and abroad (including Chile in 2001 and Holland in 2004). He enjoys traveling, food, running, politics, meeting famous people, advocating for minority rights, writing Letters to the Editor, and spending time with family (especially his adorable younger brother Benjamin) and friends. He has been in a wonderful relationship since February 2004 (see the Josh Israel section just centimeters below this paragraph). Oh yeah, and he recently published his first novel, The Rising Storm. It's a gripping tale of two people from different walks of life--trapped together in a mountain blizzard one night. Ask him, and he can tell you more about it. Or, better yet, buy a copy (available at Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com)! :)
Josh Israel
Born in Boston in 1977 and raised in Framingham, MA, Ithaca, NY, and Barrington, RI, Josh Israel moved to the Washington, DC area immediately following his 1999 graduation from Brandeis University. He has worked as a Democratic political fundraiser, a researcher on an acclaimed civil rights book by Pulitzer Prize- winning writer Nick Kotz, a campaign manager and legislative aide for Virginia's first openly gay state legislator Delegate Adam Ebbin and as president of a statewide LGBT Democratic group. He now works on investigative journalism in the public interest at the Center for Public Integrity. His hobbies include politics, Boston sports teams, Broadway musicals, and writing paragraph-long descriptions of himself for websites.
Ken Seifert and Josh Israel
We met in February 2004 at the DC Twenties Group, a social discussion group for gay men in their twenties. Ken was attending for the first time, while Josh head facilitator of the group. Drawn to Josh's personality and baseball cap, Ken emailed Josh that evening. Two days later, they went on their first date. To this day, Josh is very glad he wore the baseball cap.
On October 20, 2007, they married in Cambridge, MA.
A young professional working in Washington, DC. Ken finished graduate school in 2005 and is now working for the Federal Government. A 2007 graduate of the Presidential Management Fellows program, he is proud to be working for The Man. He has lived in many places around the country and abroad (including Chile in 2001 and Holland in 2004). He enjoys traveling, food, running, politics, meeting famous people, advocating for minority rights, writing Letters to the Editor, and spending time with family (especially his adorable younger brother Benjamin) and friends. He has been in a wonderful relationship since February 2004 (see the Josh Israel section just centimeters below this paragraph). Oh yeah, and he recently published his first novel, The Rising Storm. It's a gripping tale of two people from different walks of life--trapped together in a mountain blizzard one night. Ask him, and he can tell you more about it. Or, better yet, buy a copy (available at Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com)! :)
Josh Israel
Born in Boston in 1977 and raised in Framingham, MA, Ithaca, NY, and Barrington, RI, Josh Israel moved to the Washington, DC area immediately following his 1999 graduation from Brandeis University. He has worked as a Democratic political fundraiser, a researcher on an acclaimed civil rights book by Pulitzer Prize- winning writer Nick Kotz, a campaign manager and legislative aide for Virginia's first openly gay state legislator Delegate Adam Ebbin and as president of a statewide LGBT Democratic group. He now works on investigative journalism in the public interest at the Center for Public Integrity. His hobbies include politics, Boston sports teams, Broadway musicals, and writing paragraph-long descriptions of himself for websites.
Ken Seifert and Josh Israel
We met in February 2004 at the DC Twenties Group, a social discussion group for gay men in their twenties. Ken was attending for the first time, while Josh head facilitator of the group. Drawn to Josh's personality and baseball cap, Ken emailed Josh that evening. Two days later, they went on their first date. To this day, Josh is very glad he wore the baseball cap.
On October 20, 2007, they married in Cambridge, MA.