What measures of safety do you need in place so you can speak up? Is speaking up easy for you? Today, I did. I used my confident, outside voice, and clearly said: “Gentlemen, the word faggot is hate speech, just like the N-word. This is an inclusive space.” Guru and I were in a small-town…
Ending a friendship of 36 years, at the age of 50, didn’t require a tough decision at all. I had already begun the mourning process of this loss of friendship a few years ago as my friend grew silent, distant. Reaching out time and again, trying to connect, to fix, to rekindle our spark of…