Suit Yourself
I say to you; put on yourself in the morning.The day will ask otherwise, that your skin be a...
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Tag: identity
PersPAActives: Music and Acceptance – A Mitski and Grace story
The aspects of my identity are fueled by tension and otherness. The battles of tension and otherness shout at each other, debate each other, lie to each other, chase each other. They torment me, define me, limit me.
They tell me: I am not queer enough. I am not Korean enough. I am not American enough. I am not feminine enough. I have heard it all from society, even from my own community.
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My child, you are fearfully and wonderfully made
This weekend, we celebrated the second birthday of Nemo, the child of two women who are giants in our community, who has grown up in and with the community. I saw this child who is filled with all of the different emotions we experience in human life, and his parents affirming each one with love and grace, holding space for those feelings. In the children of PAAC, including my own, I saw so much hope. These are children growing up knowing their families will love them for exactly who they are and will be, unconstricted by the restraints I grew up with (a world full of strict gender conformity and restrictive, toxic theology).
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Day 27 – Honesty As An Expression of Worship
There may be moments and seasons in life where we walk alone, because let’s face it, there are some portions of the journey where we ourselves are the only ones who have been tasked to navigate.
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Things You Should Know about Me
[an exercise in spoken word] There are some things you should know about me. I am going to tell...
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