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On Equality
Alex A few weeks ago in Phoenix I heard a passionate plea for LGBT equality and it stuck in my craw, left me bursting with frustration at the definition of equality that formed the unspoken,...
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Can I Use the Adjective “Diverse”?
Alex You might think that nerdy grammar geek / copyeditor and radical anti-oppression activist wouldn’t necessarily be a combination that could uniquely change the world, but you would be wrong. With...
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Queering Family
Teo Whenever I am asked if my boifriend and I are married, especially in LGBTQ space, I feel unwelcome pressure to define my relationship so that the asker of the question can translate my answer into...
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Liberation: Why “Equality” Isn’t Enough
This sermon was delivered at First Church Unitarian in Littleton, MA, on April 13, 2014. I want to come out to you about something, and that’s this: I am not an advocate for equality. That might sound...
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Choosing Heartbreak
My name is Alex, and I am white. And for two days a part of me wanted to avoid social media so that I could avoid the heartbreak of another young black man shot to death. Feeling guilty about that...
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Bearing Witness: A Thanksgiving Letter
I was five years old when I was taught the myth of Thanksgiving. I remember the “Pilgrim hats” and “Indian headdresses” made out of construction paper. I remember drawing turkeys using the outline of...
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I upset a white woman today
So I upset a white woman today. A straight, white, able bodied, cisgender woman. I did this by saying her professions of being colorblind, or more accurately “I treat everyone equally; we are all the...
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On Priests and Police: The Role of Good People in Ending Systemic Sickness
I was raised Roman Catholic at the tail end of an era of seeing priests as infallible, as inherently good. It was unthinkable to question a priest’s motives or moral authority even if my own survival...
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