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Unintentional Isolation

Monday, July 6th, 2009
I caught up with Kimeron again to continue our ongoing conversation about homosexuality. You can read our previous dialogues here. Here is the latest question I asked him, "I know there are a lot of people that maliciously try to alienate and hurt gay people's feelings on purpose. Aside from people like that, what do people do unintentionally that cause a gay person to feel judged or isolated?"
Kimeron: "My first response would have to be the assumptions that people make about me or other gay people based only on stereotypes or characters… Read More

Conversations with Kimeron

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Kimeron sent me a detailed account of how he grew up and understood about his sexuality. You can read it here. It is fairly long (six pages), but after reading it I was able to put myself at least somewhat in his shoes. We are far quicker to judge something or someone that we don't understand, so in that line of thinking I'd encourage you to spend a few moments reading through his perspective.
One thing that is evident to me in this discussion is that when the Church talks about homosexuality as a sin, it is referring to a behavior.… Read More

Conversations with Kimeron

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
One of the things I regularly do is to check my Google Analytics and see info about my blog. Back in March, I realized that I was getting traffic from a site that I'd never heard of before. I checked it out and found a blog from Dr. Kimeron Hardin, a "clinical psychologist specializing in improving health, wellness and self-esteem." He's also the author of several books called, "Loving Ourselves: The Gay and Lesbian Guide… Read More