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By sharing stories, As I Am Institute recognizes the members, families and friends of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community as leaders in self-actualization, in bridge-building across differences, and in forging paths to express the human quest for wholeness physically, psychologically and spiritually.
Named “one of Boston’s rising stars” by Stuff Magazine, Johnny Blazes is known for hir genre-bending, gender-blending, tongue-in-cheek performances. Ze draws from hir training in theater, dance and opera to create a graceful clowning style that incorporates drag, burlesque and circus arts to...
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Building Bridges Heart to Heart.... Recent Shows
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Thu, 08/26/2010
Brad Ogilvie founded the Mosaic Initiative, an HIV-prevention organization, to build collaborations in communities to stop the spread of HIV through education and testing. This work included facilitating trainings for professionals (educators, mental health, medical, and law enforcement), education at colleges and public schools, coordinating and promoting HIV-testing (including at City Halls), writing monthly newsletters, and facilitating public forum discussions on ethical dilemmas, morality and HIV. He has successfully made inroads in building relationships between groups as diverse as the glbt community and evangelical Christians in Chicago, Washington DC and rural Kenya and serves on a Community Advisory Panel for CDC and NIH on “HIV-testing/Linkage to Care” Program. Brad has a Master's Degree in Counseling and Guidance and also serves as the Program Director at William Penn House, in Washington DC.
Acupuncture physician, Becky Albus, discusses how...
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Thu, 08/19/2010
Is coming out a one-time event or a lifetime process? Megan Macdonald, LMHC discusses this with As I Am host Rev Robin Hankins.
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Thu, 08/12/2010
Dr. Brad Palermo, Licensed Psychologist, discusses aging issues for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
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Thu, 08/05/2010
Before there was a Woodstock Concert, there was Elliot Tiber working to make a go of his parents' upstate New York hotel, the El Monaco. It wasn't easy. The Jewish clientele who had returned to the Catskills year after year had discovered Florida, and the upstate hotel business was dying.
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save his family's livelihood, Elliot put on plays, musicals, and local festivals. In the process, Elliot became the area's official issuer of event permits–not that anybody else wanted that position. Elliot even worked weekends as an interior design artist in New York City, all in the hopes of helping his family.
Inthe summer of 1969, Elliot Tiber's life changed...
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Thu, 07/29/2010
Guest Leah Benson, LMHC discusses how different levels of outness can impact your relationship.
