Lifestyle

  • Safe Zone

    In these uncertain times, it’s crucial we let scared youth know they have someone to turn to. Simple words can be powerful: ‘You’re safe with me. You can talk freely with me.’ Many young people are frightened by what they’re seeing and hearing. As a gay man who grew up during the Moral Majority era,…

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  • Never Surrender

    When I woke up this morning, I was all set and ready to tackle whatever needed to be done. I’ve been around long enough to know that life requires us to be adaptable, always prepared to switch gears when necessary. The biggest hurdle we often face is our own resistance, but hey, we’ve never backed…

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  • We will survive this. We have survived it before. There will be damage. There will be losses. But we will survive. There is no time to sit around and grieve. You need to put some plans into place. This is going to be about being prepared for worst case scenarios. You can no longer trust…

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  • Reflections on 2016: Preparing for Trump’s Return

    I remember those the first few dark weeks of 2016. A person I considered a close friend insulted me within the first hour of Donald Trump being elected in 2016. They called me a “fag.” This happened. That same week, police officers forced me to sit in the middle of a city street. They surrounded…

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  • Screaming House Landlord Email

    Excerpt from the last email from the Union House Landlord. Nothing has been changed from what you are seeing. This is exactly how the punctuation was in the email. Take close notice of the quotation marks. They are important and a message.

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  • Today I Married the Love of My Life.

    I am not always a romantic sort of person. In the past, I had tried to convince myself I was a realist in order to justify to myself that I did not need or deserve love. Then I met my soul mate and the love of my life and my whole world changed and how…

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