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 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 13, 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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- Apr 20, 2020
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
What the World Needs Now
In a moment that requires physical distancing, what we also need is radical togetherness.
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- Apr 20, 2020
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
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
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
It’s Time to Get Real About Your Friends
Little in the lives of GBTQ men is more challenging than the forging and nurturing of sustainable friendships.
In fact some of us have...
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- Apr 18, 2020
We're All We've Got
Justice requires that each of us love loudly, in the name of our mutual redemption, without regard to risks or rewards. Because...
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- Apr 9, 2020
No Way Out
In times like these, it can be so tempting to hide. We are in quarantine, after all. But don't let's seek safety in our bunkers...
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