Tag: Gay
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Episode 13 – Part 1 of 3 of Skip Allen sharing his family’s story as covered by The New York Times, Dateline NBC & ABC’s 20/20; Skip, who is gay, is the son of former President of the Southern Baptist Convention
Episode 13 – This is part 1 of 3 parts – Skip Allen shares his family’s harrowing story. Skip, who is the gay, is the son of the former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Skip’s dad was the personal pastor to President Jimmy Carter, before, during and after President Carter was in the White…
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Disappearing Gay Cultural Identity
One of the principal reasons that I decided to produce “John Selig Outspoken” was a growing concern that I have sensed a disappearance of our gay cultural identity…
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Outside The Comfort Zone
Religion, or religious preference as I prefer to call it, is not an easy topic for me to discuss for several reasons…
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Role Models for Gay Youth in America Can Be a Matter of Life and Death
I can think of a multitude of occasions when I was at a crossroads when I had an inner conversation with myself wondering how somebody that I respected would handle a situation…
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Good Media Coverage Requires Experience and Planning
Media coverage can be a huge asset to an individual or organization but is most likely to be successful only when a well thought out media strategy and implementation plan is put in place…
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LGBT Youth Need Us — They Don’t Have Anybody Else
I hope you were moved by Bob Miskinis’s description of the challenges faced by Youth First Texas and the youth it serves…
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Electing a Gay Supportive President is Only the First Step
Finally, after 6 1/2 years of demonization by the Bush/Cheney Administration there is a good chance of landing a LGBT supportive president in the White House in less than 18 months…
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Leave the World a Better Place Than You Found It
As I raised my son, Nathaniel, who is now 29, there were a number of key lessons that I felt were important…
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Gay and Lesbian Newspapers — The Heartbeat of Our Community
Originally Heard on the John Selig Outspoken Podcast Our community revolves around the gay media, especially the local gay and lesbian newspapers that serve our city and others that we visit. We rely on them for news and information about the latest goings on whether it is news about civil rights advances or setbacks, the…
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The United States of Paradox
It is a great honour to have been given the opportunity to share with you what is happening within the GLBT community on this side of the pond…