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Jun 18, 2020
Wasted Time
I wasted so many years hating the very parts of me that others were trying to love.
If we want to experience the richness of 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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Jun 15, 2020
Stand Out
To allow others to define us is to participate in our own oppression.
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Jun 14, 2020
How to Protest
Telling someone how they should protest is not that different from telling them why they should be oppressed.
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Jun 10, 2020
What do you require of your loved ones?
For instance, if you have experienced bigotry at the hands of your family, have you ever looked them in the eyes and lovingly asked them...
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May 30, 2020
What is racism, anyway?
Racism is the ravine into which we hurl ourselves, in order to rob our neighbors, bolster our inadequacies, and nurture our nostalgia.
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May 7, 2020
What is "Equanimity?"
Equanimity is that state of openness to our heart's desires, without ambition or aversion.
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May 6, 2020
Just Lean In
It's no use trying to hide from life: there's no solace in slack senses.
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May 5, 2020
Adding Ballast to Your Life
Until we take charge of our lives, we inevitably succumb to its vicissitudes — vacillating between convenience and despair, reacting to...
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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 28, 2020
How to Find Freedom
It’s so tempting to believe that achievement leads to some sort of freedom, as if our life purpose might save us...
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Apr 27, 2020
Finding Your Purpose
Struggling to find purpose?
Go to those parts of life you find irritating, and then hold them alongside your values.
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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
True Love
If we're really going to love each other, we're also going to have to love each other's liberation.
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Apr 20, 2020
What Needs Tending?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, try asking yourself this: just what in your life truly needs tending today, in order for you to feel...
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