Empowering Conversations

GOT PRIDE? Looking back on when I was a little nappy-headed boy. Then my only worry was for Christmas, what would be my toy. Even though sometimes we wouldn’t get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring. I wish those days could come back once ...
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Dyllón Burnside is an American actor and singer. He is known for his role as Ricky Evangelista, a dancer, in the FX television series Pose. The television series Pose highlighted New York City’s drag and ball culture scene. Dyllón Burnside (photo credit Bexx Francois LLC) POSE and American Horror Stories ...
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Allow me to point out that “anger” is not society’s number one emotional issue, “uncontrolled anger” is society’s number one emotional issue _Dr. Liz West We have all come to the conclusion that we, as a society, need healing. We have also come to the conclusion that the healing that ...
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Welcome to 2022 Ya'll! This is the year that your life will be calling you. The bigger question is will you answer? Let's jump right into it! The 2022 RISE UP Issue is about offering life principles to help you step into the most important version of yourself...You need to ...
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TUV MAGAZNE IS CELEBRATING THEIR 6TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THEIR ANNUAL WORLD AIDS DAY ISSUE "WE ARE BIGGER THAN HIV!" Pays homage to the lives of individuals living and thriving positively as well as those who have joined the fight to end the HIV epidemic. "The fact that the Southern Region ...
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit” Aristotle I can’t lie: 2020 was hard as hell for me! I survived #Covid19 but I’m still dealing with the residual effects of the damage the virus did to my physical and mental health. I ...
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“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it!_ Zora Neale Hurston As a triple minority I feel uniquely qualified to speak on the subject matter of “All Black Lives Matters.” I am Black, a Woman, and Queer, these three inseparable identities make up ...
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Updated: June 08, 2020 DISCLAIMER: This post may offend some of you reading this article. Here's the deal, this article is a written protest and direct response to racial injustice, systemic injustice, violence and all forms of oppression aimed at Black LGBTQ+ folxs.  A horrible video clip is circulating on ...
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On today we pause to recognize that not all LGBTQ children are able to call their mom on Mother's Day. Some of these relationships were severed by the parent(s) because of their childs sexuality. TUV Magazine has been intentional about creating space to open the dialogue for parent(s) to have ...
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"Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams. Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising every time we fall." S.A. Sachs_ & Confuscious The 2020 May-June Vibrate Higher Issue is dedicated to Living with a Purpose. We believe that People who live a life of purpose have core beliefs and ...
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