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...

Here's the yellow brick road to a full heart: experience >> wisdom >> confidence >> gratitude >> humility >> generosity

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

Let's relinquish our illusions of control, and allow our hearts to be effortlessly drawn to what we truly need.

True confidence is sexy because it signals self-worth.

We can only keep what we give, and we can only give what we have. So give all you've got, but no more.

This is me, that is you, and we are one.

Come warm your hands by the gentle fire of life, and let your heart be healed.

I wasted so much time, not realizing that those things I hated most about myself were what others loved, and even desired...

Even the most well-meaning parents rarely raise culturally gay children. That means most of us must find our own way, through trial...

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...

The goal of advocating for greater diversity and inclusion is not the ironing out of our differences, but the delighting in them.

Some helpful definitions: Dependence: total reliance Co-dependence: excessive reliance Interdependence: mutual reliance...

We are all complex mixtures of privilege and adversity. By acknowledging our accidental advantages, we can better empathize with...

Life's richness resides beyond the limits of rightness and wrongness.

In a society steeped in straight supremacy, all of us make homophobic choices from time to time. Even gay people...

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

We can't truly understand others, unless we understand where they're coming from. And that requires curiosity, listening, and empathy.

There's no better expression of gay pride than living your best life.

We all swim in a sea of stigma, bias, and prejudice. There's just no avoiding it. It's our work to acknowledge it, listen, read...