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Dec 6, 2020

The Power of We

Learned helplessness in the queer community rears its ugly head in many ways: idle drug use, doom scrolling, panic dating, addiction...

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Nov 30, 2020

Let's Go Together

We don't have to do this alone. In fact, we can't.

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Nov 18, 2020

You Won't Know Without Asking

Resist your assumptions. Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

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Nov 16, 2020

Just Look At What Love Can Do

Love makes a family.

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Nov 12, 2020

Sharing is Caring

The sweetness of life is meant to be shared.

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Nov 8, 2020

Natural High

The thrill of interrelatedness lies in mutual vulnerability. It requires a letting go and jumping in.

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Nov 7, 2020

Your Prime Directive

Take care of the love that sustains you.

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Oct 24, 2020

Give it Freely

Your most precious gift to the world is the sharing of your authentic, unapologetic self.

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Oct 15, 2020

The Truth About You

You are cherished just as you are, without conditions.

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Oct 12, 2020

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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Sep 23, 2020

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 15, 2020

It All Matters

Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

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Aug 22, 2020

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 15, 2020

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 12, 2020

The Paradox of our Relatedness

This is me, that is you, and we are one.

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Aug 3, 2020

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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Jul 25, 2020

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 21, 2020

Privilege vs Adversity

We are all complex mixtures of privilege and adversity. By acknowledging our accidental advantages, we can better empathize with...

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Jul 14, 2020

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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Jun 10, 2020

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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The Power of We

Let's Go Together

You Won't Know Without Asking

Just Look At What Love Can Do

Sharing is Caring

Natural High

Your Prime Directive

Give it Freely

The Truth About You

Indigenous Peoples' Day

What Are You Willing to Risk?

It All Matters

The Power of Redemption

How Much to Give

The Paradox of our Relatedness

We Must Find Our Family

The Whole Point

Privilege vs Adversity

There Are No Homophobes

What do you require of your loved ones?

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