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Aid For Aidan: A Halloween Story
This Halloween, a kid named Aidan is busy drawing up some scary monsters. Which makes him just like a lot of other kids around this time of year. But something that sets this 5-year old apart is that he is going through chemotherapy treatment for cancer... The good...
One Student, Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign
I referenced a speaking pal, Erin Weed, in my last post about the It Gets Better campaign. Well, this week on Wear Purple Wednesday, my good speaking buddies, Kelly and Becca, launched an ambitious campaign to provide resources for those affected by sexual assault....
Wear Purple Day
So this purple thing has caught fire- big time endorsements to wear purple have been coming in all day from notables such as Barney and the Incredible Hulk, who says, "I wear short purple pants every day in order to fight homophobia". (Thanks to @BuddhistHulk on...
It Gets Better, It Gets Worse
I blogged about the It Gets Better campaign last week in regard to the bullying of the teenage LGBT community and the recent, tragic suicides linked to institutionalized bullying. My friend, Erin Weed*, posted a great blog entry on how we all can do better than...
Blog Action Day, The Need For Clean Water
I'm not sure how I found out about this, but somehow the internet and it's vast tentacles led me to Blog Action Day, an initiative that brings together bloggers and raises awareness about various topics. When I saw that today's Blog Action Day is about the need for...
I’m An Old Man
When I turned 35 this summer, I posted a blog stating that I am officially middle-aged. I got quite a few messages about how extended life expectancies have shifted that number, and how I'm not "officially" middle-aged yet. I do believe that measuring age in numbers...
Religion & HIV Prevention
I'm not a religious guy, but I do believe in something bigger than our physical bodies- I just don't know what exactly "it" is. Do I believe that humans are more important than toads? Yes. But that's because I am human and I am blessed/cursed with self-awareness and...
Happy 70th Birthday, John Lennon
Thirty years ago at age 40 the world's most celebrated musician, John Lennon, was murdered. A social activist with a healthy sense of right and wrong was lost just before the AIDS crisis hit. It's safe to assume that, had fate allowed him at least one more decade,...
Bill Clayton and Bullying of GLBT Youth
While the recent rash of suicides among GLBT youth has been devastating, it's heartening that it's being discussed openly that gay youth are at a higher risk to take their own lives. One of the reasons is that bullying for them in public places- such as school- is...