Imagine the mental gymnastics of the folks who have worked their entire lives and are now at risk of becoming homeless. A repost, 34 days into a shutdown pushing federal workers to the edge of catastrophe.
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A post from the archives for National Coming Out Day! Celebrate YOU today!
From the archives, in honor of those we lost and in honor of those who lost.
From the archives, in honor of Lorrie’s birthday and her battle.
This week, the brother I grew up with has been dead 20 years. I wonder who he might have become. I wonder who we might have become.
I’m seeing lots of comments about Mother’s Day approaching, and it may inspire another blog post later this week, but for right now, I was inspired to share an older post about all the women who helped me become me, even when there was no Mom-of-a-sort left.
An Open Letter to Some Grown Ups at the Start of the School Year
Posted: 24th August 2016 by admin in Blog, UncategorizedTags: #LGBT youth, diversity, education, GSA, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, professional development, trans youth, Youth Outlook
Dear School Administrators, I’m about to share with you an idea that is so radical, it might make your hair catch fire when you read it. Ready? Here goes. It is not the responsibility of the teenagers with whom you cross paths to educate you about their gender identity. I know this is a crazy […]
Pride 2016: Whiplash
Posted: 13th June 2016 by admin in Blog, UncategorizedTags: #transgender, genderqueer, LGBT, love, Pride, PTHC, survivor
Pride 2016: Whiplash Last week, I left home on a sunny Thursday morning to go to the Philadelphia Trans Health Conference. I got a little turned around near the airport with all of the construction and had a hard time finding the economy parking lot, which I thought was kind of funny given the number […]
Lights Don’t Go Out. They Just Flicker.
Posted: 26th March 2016 by admin in Blog, UncategorizedTags: energy, grief, healing, lightworkers, resilience
“You can blow out the candle, but you can’t blow out the fire. Once the flames begin to catch, the wind will blow it higher.” ~ Playing for Change, Biko, 2009 I spend my days with lightworkers. I think you might know the kinds of people I mean—those folks whose very presence brings your day […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it would take about 22 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the […]
