“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” - James Baldwin The love that I am building for myself is a love that I never thought I would have in this life.
Read MoreOnce I learned about the woman that my grandmother was and the difficult life she had it was no wonder to me that the illness that would eventually kill her affected the areas responsible for love and power; because she felt that she had neither of those.
Read MoreBut as a queer person of color letting go has often felt dangerous and taking up space was a concept that I thought was only relegated to mediocre white folks. Even as I was typing up the last blog post and the insurgence on the capitol was happening at the exact same time, I saw how the life of an everyday white man or woman holds more perceived value over mine.
Read MoreThis time of year always calls us to make declarations, resolutions and intentions for the new year. We plan and schedule our goals and think of ways to reinvent ourselves or let old things go. But what if you did something different this year?
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