And I’ve also limited myself primarily to addressing questions about the “L” and “G” of the LGBT acronym often used to denote the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.
I wonder what the reasoning was for eliminating and alienating such a large part of the LGBTQ+ community from the book.
“Making over your inside is just as important as making over your outside. For people to maintain exterior change, they have to have a greater or equal internal change. I illustrated how internal changes give people the ability to evaluate and understand why they didn’t make that change before and how they can maintain that change in the future.”
― Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
― Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope
“The measure of a friendship is not its physicality but its significance. Good friendships, online or off, urge us toward empathy; they give us comfort and also pull us out of the prisons of our selves.”
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
“I feel very lucky to know you—and as far as I have seen, to know you is literally to love you.”
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
― This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
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