A New (Normal) Way Forward
Who would have thought 2020 would have turned out the way it has, and we are only halfway through the year so far. I know my plans where...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
Leave Your Name on People's Hearts
I attribute this to my roommate Kathryn Kneller who said to me, Leave your name on people's hearts, not on stone.
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
Are you Brave or Courageous?
Let me begin with an Apology for anyone I had this conversation with about correcting the term. I was wrong to correct your preferred...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 30, 2020
- 5 min
Finding Your Identity 🌈
As a cap off to June and Pride Month, I resurrected this piece from 2017 and updated it for 2020. Discussing the process of establishing...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
Every Street is called "Safety"
The Band U2 has a great song I like called, Where The Streets Have No Name (watch the video clip). But every street has a name that I...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
Passing, Pretty, and Pan - The 3 P's
In the series recognizing Pride Month in June this piece shares some insight into the idea of privilege. What do the 3 P's of passing,...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 24, 2020
- 3 min
The "D" in LGBT2SQQIA+
As part of our June 2020 recognition of Pride Month, we explore the Diversity in the LGBT2SQQIA+ community. If you are totally up on your...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Ultimate Top 10 Questions to Ask in an Interview to Assess a Future Employer - DE&I
There are articles already written on this topic so I am assembling them here for you to craft your own top 10. The article from Glass...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Is It Time to Go?
In a continuing series of posts during June 2020 Pride Month, we begin to look at the work environment and how aligned you are with your...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 17, 2020
- 7 min
2020 Update - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
This list originally appeared in 2016 during a tumultuous time for me personally and those around me, when I had a limited vocabulary and...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Hidden Queer in All of Us
In a continuing series of acceptance articles with a Pride theme, today we talk about accepting the hidden queer in all of us. As I have...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 10, 2020
- 4 min
How Coming Out is an Act of Acceptance!
We continue with this series of Pride Inspired articles for June 2020. Today I relate the experience of coming out as a form of...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
My History in Racism
My Background in Racism In 1939, near the beginning of the second world war, my dad was born in England. A Country entirely in the fight...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 3, 2020
- 3 min
My LGBT+ Hero's
When I think of Hero's in my life I actually struggle as to who these people are that I admire and look up to. When I asked my roommate...
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Cynthia Fortlage
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
Racism!
I like to say that I am the Acceptance without Understandingâ„¢ gal. I am struggling right now, and I am not sure I will say this all...
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