From “Dustin Lance Black: Pillars of Salt,” wherein the Oscar winner recounts his exploration of Salt Lake City while visiting for the premier of 8: The Mormon Proposition at Sundance: “By the time the plane touched down in Salt Lake, I’d scrapped my plans to spend the weekend in a posh cabin up in Park [...]
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As I Have Loved You
This one word, love, packs in so much meaning. I think the ancient Greeks were right to have different words for the various kinds of love. Anglophones instead have to qualify their love: romantic love, brotherly love, puppy love, unrequited love, unconditional love. I like to think of love as willingly and joyfully granting greater [...]
The Messenger, Feb. 09
Good morning from snowy Washington! Nine Affirmation leaders have just spent five days at the 22nd annual Creating Change Conference in Dallas, Texas. They joined over 2,000 leaders from every major LGBT-interest group in the country, in intensive training sessions, business and program analysis, and sharing of ideas and best practices. Creating Change is often called a “transformational experience,” [...]