pride and liberation
by I still remember the afternoon of the day I came out as gay. There were rumors floating around my family. A few of my friends had guessed the truth before …
Tag: lgbtqia+
escape the spreadsheet
June is LGBTQIA+ Pride month in most of the united states. This is great news for people who want to sell things to us! I’ll back up. There’s a joke …
visions of safety
Last year I joined a coalition of small-business owners whose members are LGBTQIA+. They recently advertised a forum on community safety. Safety is a high-priority topic in most major cities …
things to read: june
Happy Pride! Life is definitely happening this week. No post today, but here are a few things I’ve read recently that I wanted to share. “Queer” by Finn Mackay The …
step by step
Why don’t we have a template for implementing racial equity practices? I get this question every now and then. I totally understand: we seek to upend an entrenched way of …
Heartstopper and the interlocking layers of belonging
This week I finished Heartstopper, a new series from Netflix. The leads are two boys: Charlie is nerdy, shy, constantly apologetic, and gay. Nick is popular, a year older that …
white supremacy is free
What is a sunk cost? In the business world, a sunk cost is an expense that you have already paid for. You can’t recover the money you spent. You may have sunk costs into buying a piece of equipment or spending time to work on something. Even buying lunch is a sunk cost. Whatever you…
in community
June is LGBTQIA+ Pride month for most of the united states and around of the world. Pride celebrates LGBTQIA+ people who are often marginalized and persecuted by mainstream society. For …
Targeted Universalism Step 5: Develop and implement targeted strategies for each goal to reach the universal goal
This series documents my experimentation with the use of Targeted Universalism (TU). I used the Othering and Belonging Institute‘s primer on the subject. There are five steps: Exploring TU Step …
Targeted Universalism Step 4: Assess and understand the structures that support or impede each group or community from achieving the universal goal
This series documents my experimentation with the use of Targeted Universalism (TU). I used the Othering and Belonging Institute‘s primer on the subject. There are five steps: Exploring TU Step …