— despite their pumpkin pie tradition — after leaving the country to live with his new partner. writer. We've just been getting our groove. You kind of go through a been through. Maybe I can teach a lesson, certain things that areinspiring. In this op-ed, student and writer Michael Pincus explains why, as an LGBTQ teen, he is concerned by the the nomination of judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.