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Aug 9, 2020
All That's Required
Come warm your hands by the gentle fire of life, and let your heart be healed.
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Aug 6, 2020
My Wish for You
I wasted so much time, not realizing that those things I hated most about myself were what others loved, and even desired...
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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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Aug 1, 2020
My Credo
I believe that we're all in this together.
That if each of us took a little less, we'd all have so much more.
And that there is no...
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Jul 22, 2020
What is Co-dependency?
Some helpful definitions:
Dependence: total reliance
Co-dependence: excessive reliance
Interdependence: mutual reliance...
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Jul 20, 2020
Where to Find the Richness of Life
Life's richness resides beyond the limits of rightness and wrongness.
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Jul 16, 2020
Homophobic Choices
In a society steeped in straight supremacy, all of us make homophobic choices from time to time. Even gay people...
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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 27, 2020
It All Starts With Curiosity
We can't truly understand others, unless we understand where they're coming from. And that requires curiosity, listening, and empathy.
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Jun 22, 2020
Gay Pride
There's no better expression of gay pride than living your best life.
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Jun 16, 2020
Credit Where Credit is Due
We gay men owe so many of our civil rights to women and people of color. And yesterday was no different.
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May 2, 2020
Empathy Cannot Be Rushed
Empathy requires that we meet each other where we actually are, instead of flipping on life’s light switches.
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Apr 20, 2020
We Are Needed
Gay men have long known what it has meant to die alone. Suffering in silence, cast out of our communities, left to the mercy of...
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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
It’s Time to Get Real About Your Service Work
What's the point of all this personal growth and development work if not to serve others, in community? Why invest in our spiritual...
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Apr 20, 2020
It’s Time to Get Real About Your Community
We talk a lot about the LGBTQIA+ community, but rarely pause to reflect on what we're really talking about. Who gets to be in our...
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Apr 20, 2020
You've Paid Enough
We can only really give what we have. During the holidays it can be so tempting for us to try and mask our shortcomings with excessive...
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Apr 20, 2020
Holiday Togetherness
When we forget the reason for the season, many of us allow the holidays to derail our personal growth and development...
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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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