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 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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Apr 20, 2020
Whose I Am
Once upon a time I built a fortress around my soul. And around that fortress I poured a moat. To seal myself from the world, such that...
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Apr 20, 2020
We Walk Together
I used to think that if I pared my life down to the bone, I might master myself and gain some semblance of control. But instead I just...
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Apr 19, 2020
The Power of Diversity
Diversity is always a strength — not something to be papered over, ironed out, or pretended away.
We are not all the same, and...
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Apr 18, 2020
We're All We've Got
Justice requires that each of us love loudly, in the name of our mutual redemption, without regard to risks or rewards. Because...
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Apr 9, 2020
No Way Out
In times like these, it can be so tempting to hide. We are in quarantine, after all. But don't let's seek safety in our bunkers...
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Apr 6, 2020
We Are Necessary
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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