The Chaotic Good 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖖<p>Given that I've just moved servers from @Tech.lgbt to @Lgbtqia.space, it's time for me to give you another Introduction! </p><p>I'm Nikki, an <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ExPat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExPat</span></a> Brit (who is half Canadian and now a U.S. Citizen) living just west of <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDX</span></a>, Portland, OR. </p><p>As a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> and <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> person growing up in the 1980s and 90s, Music became a much-needed escape from the real world, and I ended up attending <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/GSMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSMD</span></a> in London and becoming a professional <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Oboist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oboist</span></a> and <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/MusicTeacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicTeacher</span></a>.</p><p>In 2010 I changed career. I'm the owner and co-presenter of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>show</span></a></span>, where we try to help the world become cleaner, greener, safer, smarter and more equitable through greener transportation and clean energy. (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@Aminorjourney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Aminorjourney@mastodon.transportevolved.com</span></a></span> is my work account). </p><p>(See <a href="https://youtu.be/FBtJaqu1UE4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/FBtJaqu1UE4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for that origin story)</p><p>I'm a total <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nerd</span></a>, and I enjoy <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a>, RetroComputing, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> and much more. I'm married to the amazing @amerikate, and I love to <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garden</span></a>. I have <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Chickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chickens</span></a>, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a>, want <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Goats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goats</span></a>, and I'm sometimes found at your local <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Comicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comicon</span></a> or <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Furcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Furcon</span></a> dressed as @QueenieDeerhart, @ChimichangaFox, and others!</p>