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A Special Library During This Era of Banned LGBTQ Books

I’m more grateful than ever to the library that guided me through a rough patch in college.

4 min readApr 11, 2024

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If My Child Came Out As Trans

A path — sometimes smooth, sometimes uphill and jagged — of acceptance, support, honesty, respect, love.

5 min readFeb 14, 2024

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If My Child Came Out As Trans

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From GRID To AIDS: Beginning My Career as AIDS Hit San Francisco

With deepest gratitude to the young men who allowed me into their lives until their tragic deaths

4 min readFeb 4, 2024

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From GRID To AIDS: Beginning My Career as AIDS Hit San Francisco

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From Homophobia To Acceptance: A Path for Everyone To Become an Ally

All you have to do is take the first step.

7 min readJan 27, 2024

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From Homophobia To Acceptance: A Path for Everyone To Become an Ally

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A Boy Came Out To Me In Elementary School

Caring — kryptonite or superpower?

4 min readJan 13, 2024

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A Boy Came Out To Me In Elementary School

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Clasping Hands at Gay Activist Harvey Milk’s Camera Store

Two strangers, two hands, one camera store

3 min readJan 5, 2024

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Clasping Hands at Gay Activist Harvey Milk’s Camera Store

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A Layer Of Rebekah

My Sister-In-Law Went For A Bike Ride And Never Came Home

3 min readNov 16, 2023

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A Layer Of Rebekah

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Nine-Eleven

For Those Who Lived And For Those Who Died

3 min readSep 11, 2023

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Nine-Eleven

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All Love Is Created Equal

Here’s The Research To Prove It

2 min readJun 1, 2023

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All Love Is Created Equal

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STEM, Cows, Clay, Tulips

Graduation At University Of Vermont

4 min readMay 26, 2023

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STEM, Cows, Clay, Tulips

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Amy Kaufman Burk

Amy Kaufman Burk

Therapist-turned-author. I write about issues from a mental health perspective. Author of Tightwire, a novel, the story of a journey to mental health. She/her.

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