Born to a military family in Tampa, Florida, Joseph was fortunate to be raised in Suffolk, England when his father was assigned overseas and where he excelled in the British school system. From there his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1986 where his father retired. Heavily involved in Student Government, Journalism and Theatre in College, when Joseph came out of the closet he did it big and with the help of Bob Fernie, founded Phoenix College’s GLBT Student Organization People of Alternative Lifestyles (PALS) in 1992, the second such group in the Maricopa Community College District to provide support and social opportunities for the GLBT student population. This began a history of community involvement involving everything from assisting with raffles and other fundraising for local groups, safer sex outreach, holding offices for several groups, chairing conferences, and running for a title or two.
In 2006, after hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Joseph helped lead the local fundraising efforts to send relief to New Orleans and put together “Bringing back the Big Easy,” a Mardi Gras Ball. It was at this time, many of the members of the yet to be formed Imperial Court of Arizona met, and Joseph worked with Steve LaFata and Jennifer Carroll to help get the fledgling organization off the ground. Researching into Arizona’s past, Joseph was able to document the original Arizona Courts in Phoenix and Tucson helping the Court to be reactivated as the Imperial Sovereign Empire of Arizona. Since that time he has been the Webmaster for every reign, served as Prince, Prince Royale and in 2008 was honored to be elected by the Community as Emperor III of Arizona. At his step-down he was awarded with the Imperial Double Eagle from Nicole the Great, Queen Mother of the Americas for his hard work and dedication.
In 2008, Joseph was asked to assist Emperor Mark Campbell with the International Court website and work with a team to keep the site updated. That quickly grew into serving as the WebMaster for the website where he was able to start making some updates to the design of the site and help on various International Court Council projects. He was deeply honored when Nicole the Great, Queen Mother of the Americas asked him to join the International Court Council as an Heir and hopes to continue the great work of the Council.
