Coming Out. A Quarter of a Century Later.

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“It occurred to me driving on the ice that it would be so easy to just veer off the road, go through the guard rails and down into the ravine, hoping the car would just roll over and over and that I wouldn’t survive that tumble. Then I would never have to acknowledge that I was attracted to women. Never have to hurt and embarrass my family. Never have to experience the deep shame – deeper than I had already felt for years – of coming out to friends.”

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Pride

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“And sometimes, when you haven’t heard the words, “I’m proud of you,” just for being you – from the ones you’re supposed to hear it from the most – it takes a whole month of parades and people around the world recognizing you to even begin to make up for the loss.”

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How I Grew To Be Affirming

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Affirming is a book for LGBTQ+ people who are still trying desperately to hold on to faith. And for church folk who can’t quite bring themselves to see Scripture differently.

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Abilene

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Waking up in Abilene this morning brings back a flood of memories for me. From that first morning in a dorm room on the campus of Abilene Christian University back in the fall of 1979, to that last morning before moving to Dallas in the winter of 2014. It was a move filled with mixed …

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Cancer Survivors

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You’re a cancer survivor until you’re not. Once you’re declared to be in remission, or the scans show you’re cancer free, you’re known as a cancer survivor. I’ve been a cancer survivor since last year, showing no signs of the disease anywhere in my body. But it doesn’t mean that I don’t think about it. …

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#Me Too

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Rob Bell said “me, too,” are the two most powerful words in the English language. I’ve watched those words trend on social media in the last two days, as friends have revealed that they have been sexually assaulted, or subjected to sexual harassment. One of the questions asked, often used to discount the person’s story, …

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