Think Queerly

A Think Queerly Leadership Interview

In this episode I speak with Matt about,

• How trying to win the approval of his father made him seek out religion.
• Why this in part led him to become involved with co…

We are all trying to do and be our best, respect physical distancing, staying at home, and keeping ourselves and those we love safe from infection. But what happens when we read too much news, or get…

Your feelings, thoughts, words, and actions all lead to the alignment of what’s important to you.

Each one of those steps informs the next. If you feel fear and panic, you then think negatively, and c…

The lesson we can bear witness to as this pandemic evolves is that we are all in this world together now. We have to work together as a community, fostering connections and care around the world. Thi…

We cannot control the actions of others. Instead, personal responsibility is the awareness, recognition, and acceptance of owning the problem.

Only you can make your own life-defining choices to live …

How can we have an opinion about something without defending it?

It is incredibly challenging, and sometimes it even feels impossible, to respond to an attack from a place of loving-kindness and acc…

How is drag representative of our queer community?

1. Is it acceptable for a drag queen to make jokes that are racist or transphobic?

2. Old school drag needs to change with the times and learn how to …

In my new book, Think Queerly – Meditations & Critical Reflections On Liberating Humanity, I advocate for inclusion and acceptance, as well as elevating consciousness — not just for LGBTQ+ peoples — …

One of the most important directives of the Th-Ink Queerly mission statement is that we  as queer thinkers and writers are purposefully critical of the status quo. At the same time, we can and should…

An invitation to ‘play’ in my Queer Creatives Mastermind Program

If you want to make an impact, if you want to use your queer creativity to make a difference in the world, you will benefit from suppor…

In this episode, I share the backstory about how the idea for a Queer Leadership began to develop in my mind and how I have arrived at the point where I feel I have the foundations for an evolutionar…

I plan to publish every day in 2020 about something queer or LGBTQ related.

This may take the form of a written post, a newsletter, a podcast, or a video. The idea is to share my work on Queer Leaders…

I created Think Queerly to challenge the status quo and to elevate visibility. As a gay man and as a queer person, I do not want to be normalized. Instead, I want to be recognized and accepted for my…

Those are the words of Jeffry Iovannone from his article titled, “Pete Buttigieg is Not the Gay Candidate I Want”, which was incidentally published on January 27th, 2019, a few days after Buttigieg l…

As queers, we live on the margins — outside the status quo.

We are told we do not belong and so we create to be happy, to foster new subcultures in which we feel comfortable, and where we belong. We b…

Pro-actively using gender-affirming pronouns to indicate the diversity and visibility of identity is important for LGBTQ+ human rights.

Pronouns used to properly recognize gender and sexual identities…

Recently, I was a guest on the radio show, Rainbow Country on CIUT 89.5 FM. The creator and host, Mark Tara invited me back for a second show to talk about various aspects of gender identity along wi…

Blaming LGBTQ and People of Colour for the ills of the world demonstrates ignorance and a lack of critical thinking skills.

This morning I read a tweet by someone I follow referencing Tucker Carlson a…

If we continue to argue against each other from completely opposite ends of the spectrum, one person firmly on the left and the other on the right — one person on the right side of the equation, the …

How does internalized homophobia in gay men affect other LBTQ individuals?

We are taught that we are other, that we don’t belong, that we can’t cross the gender divide. To do so is a form of weakness.…