"I always say how bullied I am, but no one listens. ... What do I have to do so people will listen to me? No one in my school cares about preventing suicide, while you're the ones calling me [gay slur] and tearing me down."

These were the words written...

Recent statistics indicate job growth is slow to non-existent. This does not mean that there are no jobs available. It does mean that there are still too few available jobs for the amount of people in the market. Inevitably, this leads to a stress-inducing increase in the length...

There is theater history to be witnessed on the stage of Ahmanson Theater, where God of Carnage opened on Wednesday night with the much celebrated, original Tony-nominated Broadway cast intact (Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis).

In Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage (best known for...

The numbers are crawling. They are crawling slowly. Nonetheless, unemployment numbers are moving in the desired direction: down! My personal experience illustrates this, as I see clients and friends going back to work after being engaged in a job search for months -- even years. Recently, a concern that I...

If tribal elders are lost, adults will be lost; and if tribal adults are lost, youth will be lost. long-time community activist and psychologist Dr. Don Kilhefner

What does it mean to be a gay adult in 2011? Just like the whole world, the gay community and individuals in...

As we begin a new decade many have ambitiously begun to tackle "resolutions" to create change that brings about greater fulfillment. Unfortunately, at this point you might also be feeling the beginnings of your resistance to sticking to your resolutions and asking yourself why discipline and willpower seem to elude...

Thanksgiving is arriving quickly, and with that the final days of the decade are upon us. Although I encourage everyone to reside in gratitude all the time, the annual gratitude ritual that is Thanksgiving brings an opportunity to begin bringing this decade to a powerful close.

With a New...

On Oct. 24, 2010, members of GMCLA (Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles), along with their friends and supporters (including me), gathered at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles to sing a song of hope and love.

I can write a long article about how on Sunday when we...

I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if I didn't have gay allies loving me and supporting me since long before the time I came out, until the very moment in which I am writing this article and I expect beyond the time that I transition into my...

"Our hope is that our family's personal tragedy will serve as a call for compassion, empathy and human dignity. "
--Clementi Family

The tragedy referred to in the quote above is one no family should ever have to endure. This statement came after Tyler Clementi, an...

With June behind us so is the month we have designated as LGBT pride month across the globe. As some of the largest gay pride celebrations in the world came to completion this past weekend in cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Houston, I found myself contemplating the...

Saturday, May 22 was a significant milestone in the history of the LGBT Equality Movement. Thanks to a bill sponsored by Equality California and authored by openly gay Senator Mark Leno, in California we officially celebrated the birthday of Gay Rights Activist Harvey Milk, who became the first openly gay...

"A calling may be postponed, avoided, intermittently missed. It may also possess you completely. Whatever; eventually it will out. It makes its claim."

-- James Hillman, The Soul's Code

Ever noticed how people that are passionate about what they do for a living seem more energized, excited, satisfied and...

Are you happy or exhausted at work? It's certainly not news in this economy that companies are not adding new employees at a significant rate. With drastic cutbacks in workforce I have been hearing constantly for months from clients about the frustration and stress they are currently experiencing at work...

This Valentine's Day as we spend focused time reflecting on the quality of love in our lives, consider that peace lives in the same realm, and can be accessed from the same source in which we access the true essence of love. With this idea in mind I felt it...

During the holiday season the thought of presents makes many think about the material desires that have gone unfulfilled throughout the year coming to fruition.

So much so that you or someone you know are very likely running ragged amidst the chaos of the season, spending money you don't...

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Throughout December darkness grows as the days get shorter until we are upon the winter solstice, December 21, 2009-- which is the...

Brace yourself! Tuesday, December 1, 2009 marked the 21st annual World AIDS Day. In that time do you think that the number of incidence of HIV infection is going up or going down? Last year the CDC announced that as a result of new technology and methodology the number of...

General consensus and research shows that the serious unemployment we are experiencing will lag 12-18 months behind any economic recovery. What's more, 60-80 percent of all jobs are filled through networking, inside contact and word of mouth. It is through networking contacts that you will hear about the hidden job...

"There must be radical healing of the gatekeepers if our globe is to truly be healed." Malidoma Some; World Leader in Spirituality & Heterosexual Ally.

Taking a stand for love in this world has always been a part of my life's mission. With the recent deaths of the remaining parental...