Watch And Learn – About Me (Basic Bio)

Page Preface

Some basic biographical info from the “About Me” section of “Watch and Learn.”

You can find the various sections and clips, with their respective embedded videos, here:

• About Me
• About Me (Condensed)
• Basic Bio (You are here)
• Politics & Affiliations
• Childhood
• Family
• Activism
• Deeper Dive
• The Closet

Yes, my real name is John Henry.  My last name is DeJong, but I’ve been known as John Henry professionally and socially since the early 1990s.  I come by the name honestly; my father was John and my mother’s father was Henry. 

I was born and raised in southwest Michigan and have spent substantial periods of my life in the Raleigh-Durham and Salt Lake City areas, shorter periods in Milwaukee, WI; South Carthage, TN; Pasadena, TX; and the Winters-Woodland CA area.  I currently live in Portland, Oregon.