Tag Archives: giving up self-hate

Harm at the center

Posted on Wed, 9 March 2011 by Mel Green

Self-hatred — including, for many of us, internalized homophobia and transphobia — is the harm at the very center of us. Love others as you love yourself, but first: love yourself. Let no one convince you to do otherwise. Continue reading →

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Alaska Love Poem

Posted on Sun, 14 February 2010 by Mel Green

In 1984, during my troubled early twenties, I fell in love with a friend of mine. This poem was written to her. But it’s especially a poem about how I came to love myself, & to give up my former self-hatred.

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Actually, I kinda like clouds…

Posted on Wed, 20 January 2010 by Mel Green

Clouds are actually really beautiful, when I’m not feeling grey. A little about the aha! experience of 1984, when I permanently came out of my former self-hatred.

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Ode to Alcohol (poem)

Posted on Thu, 25 June 2009 by Mel Green

I’m a safe drinker nowadays (& besides, I love this photo, & Midnight Sun Brewery makes some good stuff!), but back in the day I drank waaaaay too much. Yet it played a role in my letting go, eventually, of … Continue reading →

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A brief spiritual history

Posted on Thu, 27 April 2006 by Mel Green

In an online group I’m in, the topic came up of our religious/spiritual history, & how it integrates or doesn’t integrate with our sexual orientation as lesbians. Here’s the short version, as written there (with some emendations). 1. Junior high … Continue reading →

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