The Wealth Of Acceptance
Pride reveals the poverty in being loved for who we are not.
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- Apr 21, 2022
What We Do Defines Us
Every day I think of those who bullied and tormented me as a child, wonder how those choices might have distorted the contours of...
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- Apr 18, 2022
What Will We Require
Institutionalized queerphobia exists in large part because our allies allow it to.
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- Jan 2, 2022
Summon What's True
Let's call forth the courage to embody the depths of our yearning and the hunger in our hearts.
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- Dec 12, 2021
We Are All In This Together
Unfortunately queerphobia will likely persist until straight people see its adverse impacts on their lives as well. Bigotry is not just...
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- Dec 9, 2021
The Forest for the Trees
Never underestimate the power of denial, especially when the truth comes at the expense of immediate gratification.
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- Oct 21, 2021
The Power of Now
If we live our lives wrapped in nostalgia for what never was, we lose touch with the essential majesty of all that is and might yet be.
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- Sep 11, 2021
The Last Resort
Violence is just another way of saying, 'I'm all out of ideas.'
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- Sep 8, 2021
Harness Your Outrage
If we don't claim our own anger, others will. And they will use it against us -- often with a profit motive in mind.
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- Aug 30, 2021
Ride The Wave
There will be times when things come crashing down around us. But resistance and avoidance typically exacerbate our pain...
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- Jun 29, 2021
The Real Snowflakes
Queer people have long been at the mercy of men unable to afford the full range of their attractions and desires.
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- May 23, 2021
We Cannot Hide
Our energetic shadows reside at the intersection of shame and avoidance.
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- May 16, 2021
Careful the Tales You Tell
Much of our mental health depends on the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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- Mar 7, 2021
The Strength in Our Tears
Public displays of vulnerability indicate our strength, because they signal all we can afford.
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- Feb 14, 2021
Step Into What's Real
Dwelling in the desire for what you know you can't have is a form of self-sabotage.
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- Feb 3, 2021
The Magic of Alchemy
Our wounds are less the marks of shame than the seeds of initiation.
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- Jan 27, 2021
What Lies Beneath
What's underneath our urgency to change (or "improve") is often a desperate, driving self-hatred, whose antidote is patience and...
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- Jan 17, 2021
How to Move Forward
What was said can never be unsaid.
What was done can never be undone.
All we can do is acknowledge, apologize, make amends, forgive...
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- Jan 13, 2021
The Roots of Our Despair
Misogyny is the root of our homophobia, and it's killing us.
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