Category Archives: David’s Blog

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Green Is Where My Heart Went

Posted on May 13, 2012 by DavidNixon

Today, I do not bring you all an article that has direct roots in the LGBTQ community and struggle, but instead, something that every single one of us has and will continue to experience throughout the course of our lifetimes–the … Continue reading →

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Let Us Hear Every Story Cut Short

Posted on April 6, 2012 by DavidNixon

My past few articles have been a bit dense, a bit wordy, and a bit hard to swallow. Poetry allows us, sometimes to transform difficult situations and aspects of life into positive recognition of a world community. With this in … Continue reading →

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Teach Us How to Love: A Brief History of Conversion Therapy

Posted on March 19, 2012 by DavidNixon

This article addresses the continual placement of LGBT individuals into clinics and treatment facilities in order to turn them “straight”. Please understand that words such as “cure”, “success”, and so on are only relevant to the school of thought that … Continue reading →

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6 Tips for Allyship

Posted on February 9, 2012 by DavidNixon

We as a generation are seemingly progressing toward one of open-mindedness and acceptance, as we become more and more tolerant of love and, in some respects, even perceived gender expressions within both personal and impersonal interactions with the world. Although … Continue reading →

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We are a globe

Posted on January 11, 2012 by DavidNixon

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.  -Martin Luther King, Jr. These words, potent in their call for a world community, and a recognition of worldly violence and discrimination, have been largely forgotten, or misunderstood in their original purpose … Continue reading →

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Paint Us Gray: A Thanksgiving Story

Posted on December 5, 2011 by DavidNixon

It is well known amongst the majority of Americans that Thanksgiving, although officially recognizing the birth of a nation through peaceful agreement of two diverse peoples, unofficially celebrates the eventual onslaught of disease, genocide, thievery, proselytizing, alcoholism, and rape of … Continue reading →

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So, here I am.

Posted on November 30, 2011 by DavidNixon

Hello to all who are out there! Welcome to my part of My LGBT Plus, a portion which, I hope, will bring to light LGBT-related social and cultural issues from the viewpoint of an 18-year-old ally. Before any of that, … Continue reading →

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