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Can I Accept Christians in my Life?

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For the most part, I believe I could accept Christians in my life as friends or family as long as they are socially conscious on how they worship. I don’t necessarily agree with their practices but at the very least, they shouldn’t support churches which support a homophobic slant on politics and homophobic organizations such [...]

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Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow!

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There are several reasons why I am so glad that I moved to Colorado, the first of which being the fact that it actually snows here in Colorado. That, and the ever-present view of the Rockies – as well as the opportunity to view absolutely magnificent landscapes just by coming home from Boulder (the GS [...]

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Jessica Meets MassResistance

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Yesterday, when I was looking up information on the new laws and the court decisions about our new equal marriage rights in Connecticut, I stumbled upon information about an anti-gay, anti-trans group called MassResistance. And much like any other hate-based group, they are completely and totally antagonistic to the idea that two people could genuinely [...]

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The First Rule of Respecting Trans People: Don’t Use the Old Name

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About a week ago, my sister phone me a few times and then hung up right when I picked up the phone. I did finally reach her and I asked her what’s up and then she decided to call me by that old male name. Anyone in this situation knows what happened next – click. [...]

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Computer Shopping, a la Apple

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I am in the market for a new computer and given that I am a Mac head – I took a little trip to the Apple Store today. And I was looking around and playing around on the computers – I was weighing the decision of which Mactop I want to get. I have four [...]

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