Archive for September, 2013

Coming Full Circle

Posted: 29th September 2013 by admin in Blog
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I spent yesterday morning walking the AIDS Walk in Chicago. It was a wonderful morning to walk the lakefront with thousands of other like-minded souls out there giving their time and money to a cause about which they feel strongly. I bear in mind that there are no such things as coincidences when I can […]

I Misunderstood You Perfectly!

Posted: 23rd September 2013 by admin in Blog
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I like to leave the shopping list on the front of the fridge. It’s part of that homey feeling that comes with sharing your nest with someone you love. I also find it quite convenient, until the time comes that one of two things happen. One—I find myself at the store and the list is […]

Shy and Retiring

Posted: 15th September 2013 by admin in Blog
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This week I was interviewed by the nice folks at Zen Parenting Radio (http://zenparentingradio.com/), Cathy and Todd, and they’ll let me know when the show will air. We spent about half our time together talking about my work with LGBT kids and the other half talking about Urban Tidepool, both the book and this blog. […]

Creating Community

Posted: 11th September 2013 by admin in Blog
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The goal of my work at Youth Outlook is to create safe space for LGBT youth. Presently, we do that in a number of ways, primarily through running drop-in centers in various communities, and also through our community education and youth leadership development work. But in 2001, our community education and youth leadership were just […]

Words Haunt

Posted: 8th September 2013 by admin in Blog
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“The punches stop hurting. The words take longer to heal.” I’ve been pondering this since an interviewee said it to me last week. Yesterday I ran training for new volunteers and we spent a fair amount of time on current trends in working with LGBT youth, during which we focus on different factors that can […]