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It's Up to Us to Love

Our responses to love were largely given to us by our parents and our society. It is our responsibility to transcend those stories...

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2 days ago

The Cycle of Life

Achievement is its own reward. When we reach our goals, inevitably we find more goals.

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Jan 13

The Roots of Our Despair

Misogyny is the root of our homophobia, and it's killing us.

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Jan 11

What Lies Beneath?

What secret longing lies beneath your obligations and commitments? And what are you willing to risk in order to claim it, such that you...

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Dec 19, 2020

How Do You Know What You Value?

What we hold dear is embodied by whom we keep close.

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Dec 16, 2020

What Will it Take?

How many trophies will it take to satiate our egos? Each achievement brings new challenges, each ending new beginnings...

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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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Dec 5, 2020

Do Your Part

If learned helplessness is a form of homophobic conditioning, then getting informed and empowered is a radical act of resistance.

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Nov 29, 2020

Fear is a Teacher

We cultivate resilience by going to the places that scare us.

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Nov 21, 2020

The Masks We Wear

At a young age, many gay people learn to dissociate as a matter of self-preservation -- hiding who we are for the sake of survival...

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Nov 20, 2020

Here's What's Beautiful

We each of us get to decide what's beautiful. Not Hollywood. Not fashion magazines. Not the beauty industry. It's up to us.

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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 9, 2020

Always A Good Choice

When in doubt, create space.

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Nov 1, 2020

Let It All Go

When we step out of our stories, we start to experience the world as it actually is.

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Oct 25, 2020

The Mysterious Human Heart

Many people experience varying levels of same-sex attraction over the course of their lives. For some of us this attraction is...

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Oct 18, 2020

Footloose and Fancy Free

Living in the moment is not the same as living as if there were no tomorrow. Spontaneity is great, but in most cases richness takes...

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Sep 22, 2020

It's Time to Wake Up

We must strike against our souls' slack and sleeping senses to forge our own awakened hearts.

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Sep 16, 2020

The Thief of Joy

Comparing yourself to others is just your brain's way of saying that you've been experiencing too much joy.

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Sep 6, 2020

The Ties that Bind

We are bound by our biases.

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Aug 29, 2020

Moving Forward

Reliving the past is like trying to swim in the same river twice, as the old saying goes. Both you and the river are always changing...

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It's Up to Us to Love

The Cycle of Life

The Roots of Our Despair

What Lies Beneath?

How Do You Know What You Value?

What Will it Take?

The Power of We

Do Your Part

Fear is a Teacher

The Masks We Wear

Here's What's Beautiful

You Won't Know Without Asking

Always A Good Choice

Let It All Go

The Mysterious Human Heart

Footloose and Fancy Free

It's Time to Wake Up

The Thief of Joy

The Ties that Bind

Moving Forward

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