Evil has a fuzzy face..and we miss it terribly.
Today I held you in my arms as I said my final goodbyes. If you were to have told me ten years ago, I’d be uncontrollably sobbing over the passing …
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Visibility and Vulnerability.
You are stupid. You are disgusting. You are a joke of a parent. You will grow up and amount to nothing…just like your father. No one likes you. …
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Happy Birthday, Beautiful.
At 3:31pm on Monday, March 29th 2004, you arrived. You were late (that’s my girl) and took your own sweet time. The first moment I held you, it was as …
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I Will Survive
Dear Church. By the time you read this note, I will have been long gone. It’s not you, it’s me. I’ve outgrown you. My heart for others …
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My view from the shadows
Tonight, like every other night, the clock will read 5:45pm. But unlike the others, tonight is different. The sun has set 730 times. Our Pittsburgh Penguins have won the Stanley …
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Today is all I need
Today, I mark another earth’s rotation around the sun. Today, I am grateful for the smell of fresh flowers awaiting me this morning. Today, I smile as I check my …
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You gotta keep ’em separated
Like many of us growing up with a younger sibling, we would create the imaginary line down the middle of the back seat during long car trips. Channeling our …
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A Week Unlike Any Other
Three years ago today, in the wee hours of the morning, I came out to my wife. If Christians call the week leading up to Easter “Holy Week”, I would …
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The unraveling of it all
More and more everyday I despise Evangelicalism. It is this ideological disease that causes me to slowly disconnect from what I held tightly to growing up. This isn’t love. …
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What’s my name…..(R-E-S-P-E-C-T)
Welcome to Trans 102. Today we’ll be talking about names and the power it has over our lives. Deadnaming- The intentional act of calling a transgender person by their former …
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