Two Opposing Forces
It's impossible to simultaneously act as an ally while also enabling straight supremacy.
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- Dec 6, 2021
Lean Into Love
Experiencing the regenerative power of love looks like leaning on others and letting them nurture our sweet souls.
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- Dec 2, 2021
Just Getting Started
To all of our lovely queer allies out there: your work of dismantling systemic queer oppression is just beginning.
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- Nov 29, 2021
It's Up To You
When someone confides queerphobic behavior with you, what what they're really telling you is you're their safe space. You can then either...
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- Nov 28, 2021
Follow the Sound
Go where you can hear the soul-stirring songs of your ancestors.
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- Nov 27, 2021
Putting It On The Line
Part of our work is to make "polite" bigotry socially unacceptable. We must risk discomfort and decorum to confront prejudice in the...
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- Nov 26, 2021
You Already Have It All
"Karma" is not the same as "poetic justice." It is not some cosmic recrimination. Karma simple means that the sum of our experiences...
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- Nov 22, 2021
Let Go Of The Labels
Have fun with labels, but don't worry about them. In fact, stop worrying about labels at all, and start focusing on the quality of your...
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- Nov 19, 2021
Unconditional Love
If you're not ready to unequivocally celebrate and love a queer child, then maybe you're not yet ready to be a parent.
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- Nov 10, 2021
Masculine Men Can Be Queer Too
You don't owe anyone femininity simply to appease their narrow view of what queer might mean. You're welcome in the queer community...
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- Oct 26, 2021
Claiming the Source
True strength comes from vulnerably sharing your tender heart and then allowing that connection to feed your soul.
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- Oct 25, 2021
We Are Enough
Queer love is fierce, fabulous, and fun. It requires no one's blessing or approval.
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- Oct 8, 2021
No Place Like Home
Some part of our psyche remembers its primal relationship to place.
This bond is somehow both mystical and familiar...
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- Sep 25, 2021
#Phony Arguments
Discussing queerphobia doesn't divide us. It's the actual queerphobia that does that. Claiming otherwise is just gaslighting.
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- Sep 4, 2021
Exude the Love That You Seek
Some gay men live with long stretches of persistent loneliness, and lose touch with our practice of loving...
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- Sep 1, 2021
Celebrate the Milestones
Creating queer ceremonies, traditions, and rites of passage are essential to our mental, emotional, and cultural health.
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- Aug 22, 2021
Allyship Is Fighting For All Our Rights
Some queer people may never like, trust, or feel fully whole around straight, cis people. And allyship looks like fighting...
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- Aug 8, 2021
The Fatigue of Lived Experience
If you're tired of hearing about homophobia, just think how tired gay people are of experiencing it...
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- Aug 5, 2021
Equal Rights Are Not Special Rights
Straight privilege is thinking that queer people seeking equity want "special" rights.
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