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Where We Forge Strength
We cultivate resilience by veering off the path and into unknown terrain, not by sticking to our comfort zones.
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Sep 15, 2021
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The Last Resort
Violence is just another way of saying, 'I'm all out of ideas.'
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Sep 11, 2021
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No Place Like Home
No matter how long the journey, or how winding the road, every trip leads us to the here and now.
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Sep 10, 2021
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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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Sep 8, 2021
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Exude the Love That You Seek
Some gay men live with long stretches of persistent loneliness, and lose touch with our practice of loving...
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Sep 4, 2021
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Allyship Is Fighting For All Our Rights
Some queer people may never like, trust, or feel fully whole around straight, cis people. And allyship looks like fighting...
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Aug 22, 2021
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Get Outside Yourself
The sublime can best be found outside the constraints of our cultural conditioning.
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Aug 18, 2021
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Service Is Its Own Reward
When it comes to service work, the fruits of our labors are the acts of service themselves.
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Aug 17, 2021
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They Must Own Their Choices
Anyone who claims queer people "make them homophobic" is really just gaslighting us, because they can't afford the consequences of...
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Aug 15, 2021
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Heaven on Earth
Close your eyes and imagine, truly imagine, what life could be like if we celebrated love wherever we found it.
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Aug 14, 2021
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Our Liberation Is Non-Negotiable
When someone says they "accept" queer people, but don't want our sexual orientation "shoved down their throat," what they're really...
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Aug 13, 2021
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The Fatigue of Lived Experience
If you're tired of hearing about homophobia, just think how tired gay people are of experiencing it...
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Aug 8, 2021
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The Paradox of Friendship
Finding your flock takes a strong sense of self and an openness to others.
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Aug 7, 2021
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Pay It Forward
The only sane response to privilege is to use it to empower others.
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Aug 4, 2021
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The Power of Choice
Not to take a stand is to stand with the oppressors.
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Aug 3, 2021
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Which End Is Up?
If you're struggling to figure out which end is up, don't worry: none of them are. There is no "up." There is only here and now.
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Aug 1, 2021
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We Must Choose
Bigotry and good mental health cannot co-exist in the moment.
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Jul 31, 2021
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Celebrate Our Differences
Think about it: regardless of what you intend, when you tell queer people to "stop shoving" our "sexual orientation in your face," what...
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Jul 30, 2021
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One Choice at a Time
Hate is a learned behavior, reinforced by an ongoing series of personal choices. That means resisting hate is a personal social...
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Jul 29, 2021
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Stop Fetishizing Queer Meekness
We speak up and stand tall, because we learned long ago that "silence = death."
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Jul 28, 2021
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