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You Won't Know Without Asking
Resist your assumptions. Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.
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Nov 18, 2020
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Just Look At What Love Can Do
Love makes a family.
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Nov 16, 2020
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Sharing is Caring
The sweetness of life is meant to be shared.
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Nov 12, 2020
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Your Prime Directive
Take care of the love that sustains you.
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Nov 7, 2020
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There's Another Way
Operating out of obligation is a quick way to derail our sanity. We win no gold starts for demonstrating how much we can endure...
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Oct 28, 2020
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The Truth About You
You are cherished just as you are, without conditions.
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Oct 15, 2020
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Indigenous Peoples' Day
When thinking about how we treat indigenous people around the world, I'm reminded that we cannot harm someone while holding...
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Oct 12, 2020
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What Are You Willing to Risk?
Part of our work is to make polite bigotry socially unacceptable.
We must risk discomfort and decorum to confront bias in the moment...
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Sep 23, 2020
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The Power of Redemption
I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions.
In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...
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Aug 21, 2020
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How Much to Give
We can only keep what we give, and we can only give what we have. So give all you've got, but no more.
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Aug 15, 2020
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The Paradox of our Relatedness
This is me, that is you, and we are one.
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Aug 12, 2020
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We Must Find Our Family
Even the most well-meaning parents rarely raise culturally gay children.
That means most of us must find our own way, through trial...
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Aug 3, 2020
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The Whole Point
The goal of advocating for greater diversity and inclusion is not the ironing out of our differences, but the delighting in them.
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Jul 25, 2020
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There Are No Homophobes
I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...
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Jul 13, 2020
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What do you require of your loved ones?
For instance, if you have experienced bigotry at the hands of your family, have you ever looked them in the eyes and lovingly asked them...
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Jun 10, 2020
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How to Survive a Plague
For nearly forty years, gay men have demonstrated how to survive a plague with grace and dignity...
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Apr 20, 2020
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Find Your Tribe
Do you ever feel like you’re missing your tribe? Like there just isn’t enough love in your life to get you through the day, much less...
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Apr 20, 2020
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Whose I Am
Once upon a time I built a fortress around my soul. And around that fortress I poured a moat. To seal myself from the world, such that...
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Apr 20, 2020
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Chosen Family
Being part of a chosen family requires that we be fully present in life. And that we look deeply at the reality of it. That we...
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Apr 20, 2020
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It’s Time to Get Real About Your Family
When it comes to building families, GBTQ men have faced unique challenges for centuries. Whether dealing with family-of-origin issues...
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Apr 20, 2020
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