Be an effective ally for LGBT people
Read this if you’re interested in being a more effective advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. (www.soaw.org/new/ article.php?id=634) These are some guidelines for people wanting to be allies for LGBT people. In today’s world, LGBT issues are being discussed more than ever before. The discussions taking place in …
Understand how life happens for other people
“The bottom line is that we have a basic drive to connect, and that for most humans, it happens naturally and intuitively, and that it feels good. But it doesn’t happen this way for all of us.” –Catherine Faherty My amazing next door neighbor, Catherine, recently gave me a book …
Be nice to bellhops
We all believe in equality as long as it is equality with our superiors. I’ll never forget being on a business trip years ago with a colleague and watching in horror as she—in her gray, beautifully tailored designer suit and heels—literally stamped her foot like a terrible, small child and …
