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Many of us wondered if we would live to see this day, the day the US Government would support what has come to be called marriage equality – the idea that two people of the same gender, who choose to embrace all that marriage entails, have the same right to marry as two people who happen to be a man and a woman. Friday last, June 26, 2015…the Supreme Court, stated same gender couples deserve “equal dignity in the eyes of the law.”
I’m not sure I’ve ever actually had that thought about any guy I was looking at in real life – hey fella, your underwear is really sexy. And, because that censor that lives inside of us keeping us from blurting out every fool thought that comes to mind is defective in me, I said something like “Damn, that underwear is really sexy! What kind is it?”
Brentan Schellenbach, posted by elephantjournal.com, “For me, sharing sex with someone requires a certain alignment, and I do not take that lightly. My sex requires that I can possibly foresee living with a person and combining all my stuff with all of their stuff (and I mean physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual stuff—the stuff that just feels heavy if it’s not the right…
Today, June 8, is the anniversary of the passing of my favorite teacher – Stan Dale. Stan was the founder of the Human Awareness Institute and the originator of the Love, Intimacy and Sexuality workshops. Stan and his workshops changed my life (and the lives of tens of thousands of people, worldwide). As I read this article -It’s…
By Chas August In my memories, my relationship with my father was always tempestuous. I am the third of his five offspring, the second of three boys, the middle child. For as long as I can remember, Dad was a drunk. (I used to say he was an alcoholic, but it always felt like I…
As Abe Lincoln famously said: “People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Happiness is a choice, a habit of mind, and a skill that can be cultivated. Like most skills, some people seem to be born with more of it than other people. And like most skills, with practice,…
Here’s a great reminder that there are so many flavors of love, and so much to appreciate 10 Beautiful Words About Love That Don’t Exist in English.
The subject of rape has been in the news quite a bit this past year or so, and I am having lots of feelings about what some are calling our “rape culture” . “Legitimate Rape” A year ago, March 2012, Todd Akin, Missouri Republican candidate for the US Senate, when asked about allowing abortions when…
Intimacy, Relationship, Life Counseling 