Breaking Protocol: Forging a Path Beyond Diplomacy

In 2013 Bob J. Satawake accompanied his husband Ambassador James Wally Brewster to the Dominican Republic for a historic and unnecessarily controversial tour of duty representing the United States. As the first gay diplomatic spouse in the Western Hemisphere Bob received little if any guidance from the U.S. State Department on how to navigate his new role--leaving him little choice but to break the rigid protocols of diplomatic life. He experienced discrimination homophobia and outright hostility as he attempted to forge a new path in a conservative and religious country.Bobs amazing and heartwarming story is about a regular guy who found himself catapulted onto the front lines of diplomacy on the world stage and how he used kindness love humility and diplomacy to overcome hate and intolerance.