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Articles by Teresa Kuhl
G is For Growth When Defining LGBTQ With Some New Words
Love | Diversity Even the smallest mustard seed can grow Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash It’s always scary to LGBTQ in my headlines. The people I most want to talk to are afraid of it. When you have a strong belief system that doesn’t affirm the LGBTQ community AND you have a loved one who is a member of that same community, things can get a little dicey. Even hearing the language common to being LGBTQ is offensive to some people, right on down to an acronym.
3 Super Scary Myths About LGBTQ People
LGBTQ | Love | Diversity | Lifestyle and the life-changing truth inside Photo by Robert Zunikoff on Unsplash A lot of people have a rough time accepting that someone they love is a member of the LGBTQ community. It conflicts with everything they believe. And someone you love is in that LGBTQ family, aren’t they? You’re in the right place to start destroying some heart-breaking myths that are super scary for a lot of people.
Loving the Sinning When Speaking the Truth… with Love?
LGBTQ | ALLY a.k.a Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin isn’t in ANYBODY’S Bible Photo by Tim Marshall on Unsplash A funny thing happened on the way to this blog post. I was finishing up another piece, and I thought of a note I had written. Somewhere. I am not exactly what they call “organized”. At all. Add to that a short-term memory span of about 10 minutes, and you can see where this is going, can’t you? So, there I was, distracted me on my mission to find the note to create the things to make the money?
Why Learning What You Already Know About Love Hurts So Much
LGTBQ |Ally And How to Do it Anyway Photo by Em M. on Unsplash “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Pablo Picasso I would love to tell you how learning to become a genuine ally for the LGTBQ person in your world will come naturally and easily, especially if you have a deep abiding faith in God. The problem is, for many faithful believers, it’s hard. It feels like asking a believer to throw away everything they have ever believed to be the truth. Ugh.
Defining LGBTQ With Some New Words
Love | Diversity L is for Learning All You Can Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash In my new adaptation of LGBT, the letter L stands for learning. No matter what your EMOTIONS are telling you when your loved one comes out, I can guarantee you that choosing to learn more about things is going to open doors to conversation and communication in your life- if you’re willing. WHAT??? I think you should LEARN about something you don’t even agree with? Yes. I do.
3 Solid Loving Tips To Become a Loving LGBTQ Ally
Relationships How You Can Be Your Loved One’s Supporter, Even When Your Beliefs are Different https://unsplash.com/photos/l-DSpht8Pus Learning to be a powerful, loving ally can be scary if you aren’t already there. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to stay that way. Learning how to be a loving ally that can support someone you love is what you really want, isn’t it? Even if today it sounds like something that goes entirely against what you’ve always believed?
STOP Praying the Gay Away
And Start Praying for Your Heart Instead Photo by Jaclyn Moy on Unsplash It’s time to stop spending your prayer time asking for your LGBTQ loved one to wake up straight. You only wind up filled with anguish and pain, which your human mind turns that pain into anger instead of helping you find a way to keep your family from imploding in such a difficult time.
Designer Attacked Over Photo of Androgynous Model
Is that a gay man? Is that a trans woman? Is that a trans man? From source It didn’t seem to matter to users of Instagram who descended upon the profile of legendary Italian designer Valentino after a photo was posted of model Michael Bailey Gates tastefully nude, holding a luxury handbag. The photo racked up nearly 9,000 comments within 24 hours, mostly from people expressing staunch disapproval, threatening to unfollow or posting emoji’s of vomiting.
LGBTQ Choosing 5 Love Letters To Be the Best Ally Ever!
LGBTQ | Allyship | Love | Lifestyles Can embracing 5 little letters increase your love? Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash L earn to change one thing. Just one. No one expects you to completely change your belief system at the drop of a hat. That rarely happens. No, for most of us who struggle when our loved one comes out, it is because we have a belief that it is wrong, dirty, sinful, despicable, or any other ugly adjective out there.
3 Baby-Steps To Becoming a Loving LGBTQ Ally
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash This whole process can be a lot less tense if we learn to take just a step at a time. Let’s take a look at where you can begin on this unfamiliar journey. Let's start with. 3 Baby Steps to become a loving LGBT advocate. Baby Step # 1 Remind yourself this is someone you have always loved. This is that person. BREATHE THAT IN. And repeat it as often as you need to. Write it down. Journal about it.
3 Ugly Myths About LGBTQ Allies
LGBTQ|LOVE| BECOMING AN ALLY You Really Can be an Ally and Still be Yourself Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash Being known as an LGBTQ ally is uncomfortable for many people. It can be downright scary. I was talking to a parent the other day who was frightened of losing her Christian friends if she called herself an ally. And keeping your most important relationships is why you’re here, right?
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