Cameron Bess is set to be the first out pansexual person and the first furry to fly to space on the Blue Origin’s third space flight scheduled for December 11.Originally set for December 9, the flight was delayed due to weather.
The flight comes only a few days after Pansexual Pride Day that took place on December 8.Bess will go up with their father, venture capitalist and technology executive Lane Bess.
The two will be the first parent-child duo to travel to space.“[My father] grew up launching model rockets, and when I was a kid, he would do the same with me,” Bess told the Canadian LGBTQ+ site Xtra. “When he was offered the opportunity to fulfill that dream with Blue Origin, he decided he wanted to bring me along.