The Queer Integrity Dispatch

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It’s Not Just Activism—It’s Queer Leadership
Taking a stand for 2SLGBTQIA+ justice while sustaining your well-being, convictions, and voice.
Your Silence Has Never Protected Us
As Queer Leaders, we must stand against organized attacks on our rights, and lead with uncompromising principles.
Everyone (and Every Thing) Transitions—Some Just Choose the Path
How trans experience mirrors the transformations we all live through.
Truth, Deception, and the Ethics of Thinking for Yourself
On personal responsibility, critical discernment, and the courage to question what you’ve been taught.
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A Reflection on Physical and Mental Self-Care as Leadership in Action
The quiet power of equanimity, consistency, and the ethics of self-respect.
7:15

July 2025

What Happens When You Shout at the World and It Shouts Back?
The more you lead with anger, the more resistance you create. What’s the outcome you want?
Not Knowing Is Everything
Simple and easy are the nemesis of critical thinking and personal responsibility.
What Makes Your Leadership Queer?
A reflection on integrity, visibility, and leading from who you really are.
6:54
What If the Most Powerful Thing You Can Do as a Leader— Right Now—Is to Feel Well?
How emotional regulation, focus, and self-mastery make your leadership more sustainable and ethical.
16:28
The Most Subversive Thing You Can Do as a Queer Leader
Standing up for the freedoms that everyone deserves to have.
1:42
The Freedom to Be Who You Are—And the Responsibility That Comes With It
Why leadership, creativity, and belonging all depend on how you define—and defend—your freedom.
Positive vs. Negative Freedom: A Queer Reflection on Self and Society
What kind of freedom are you building your life around and who does it serve?
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