I’m lucky to look at pride celebrations as family events. Not every queer kid has it so easy.
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The Maine Millennial: Immigrants have almost nothing to do with the housing crisis
We need people to come to Maine. And if they come from away – even from far away – so be it.
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The Maine Millennial: Don McLean is anything but a role model
Against the backdrop of his history of domestic abuse, the substantial age gap between the singer and his current girlfriend gave me additional pause.
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The Maine Millennial: My body keeps the score
Another year of sobriety in the books, another tattoo to mark it.
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The Maine Millennial: My ideal justice system is proactive, not reactive
A heavy law enforcement presence makes many people feel safe. Not me.
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The Maine Millennial: There’s more than one way to make a town safe
When we focus on crime and policing to the exclusion of other investment, we let ourselves down.
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The Maine Millennial: What I’ve learned from watching my mom
Even though I inherited her gifts and learned from her example, my mom can absolutely smoke me in a writing match.
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The Maine Millennial: It’s convenient to focus on college protests
By choosing to get worked up about student activism we ignore the real story.
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The Maine Millennial: For me, autism has its upsides
Being where I am on the spectrum has more than a few silver linings.
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The Maine Millennial: On autism, awareness and acceptance
My level-one diagnosis, later in life, lifted a weight off my shoulders.