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Jan 24, 2025 | 
psychologytoday.com | Chris Tompkins
Source: Image by Chris TompkinsGrowing up, I only associated things like prayer and faith with religion. I was also only familiar with one type of prayer: the prayer of request or supplication. I thought to pray meant to ask for something. If you Google the word “prayer,” you’ll get hundreds of images of clasped hands, seemingly begging for something. The act of prayer isn’t only passive, beseeching, or religious. To pray is to align our thoughts and focus our intentions.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
advocate.com | Chris Tompkins
Earlier this week, a friend sent me a video clip of a well-known openly gay celebrity being interviewed about her experience being a lesbian and coming out of the closet. During the interview, she talked about feeling ashamed about being gay because of the "over-exposure" to things like Pride and LGBTQ children's books and how both aren't for kids.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
qoshe.com | Chris Tompkins
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Chris Tompkins
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
psychologytoday.com | Chris Tompkins
Source: Aaron Blanco Tejedor/UnsplashNot long ago, I read the well-known book Night, by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. Although the content of Night isn’t for the faint of heart (it’s Wiesel’s personal story of being in Nazi concentration camps as an adolescent in the 1940s), it’s powerfully written and unforgettable. While the story deeply affected me, there was one part of the book I found troubling.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
lgbtqnation.com | Chris Tompkins
The following is an excerpt from “Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent’s Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground” by Chris TompkinsWe cannot fully address the increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation, queerphobia, bullying, shame, and their effects without exploring trauma. When we think of trauma, most of us think of a rape, murder, death, catastrophic event, or natural disaster.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
champions-speakers.co.uk | Jack Hayes |Chris Tompkins
I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! is one of Britain’s most beloved reality TV shows, where a group of well-known personalities trade their usual comforts for life in the wilderness. Broadcast annually, this show transports celebrities to a remote jungle camp, where they face gruelling conditions, limited food rations, and a series of fear-inducing trials.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
bbeyondmagazine.com | Chris Tompkins
Nina Schick is a leading voice on technology and artificial intelligence; in 2023, she was featured among the Top Keynote Speakers on Generative AI. As AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines, Nina Schick offers valuable insight on digital transformation and the ethical risks of big data in this Q&A. What are the ethical risks of AI and big data for society?
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
laparent.com | Chris Tompkins
Earlier this week, a friend sent me a recent video clip of a well-known openly gay comedian being interviewed about her experience of coming out.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Chris Tompkins
I sort of joke that I wrote myself into graduate school because halfway through working on my book, Raising LGBTQ Allies, I applied to grad school to become an LGBTQ-affirming therapist. At graduate school, I often shared about my book’s message in classroom discussions because many of my childhood-development classes were taught through a heteronormative lens.
