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Living OUT Leadership for Gay Men

\u201cGay spirit speaks to the vitality that gay men possess, which is palpable but defies easy description.\u201d \u2013 Raymond Rigoglioso

I believe that gay men have a unique opportunity to openly embrace their unique characteristics \u2013 in particular their gay spirt \u2013 to bring a balanced, empathetic approach to leadership, and to be leaders of evolutionary, humanitarian change. We might just be the much needed bridge to control the misguided and toxic leadership of \u201ctoo straight\u201d hegemonic masculinity that we see in major corporations and governments.

Some people might question the value promoting difference and will suggest that we are all just people, and/or why can\u2019t we call get along. It\u2019s a good place to start, to accept others carte balance, but my suggestion is NOT to promote difference that creates division. I am suggesting helping gay men live out their unique insights and characteristics that have come from their experience as gay men. In other words, I want to celebrate diversity, which challenges the status quo, but which affords creativity and innovation.

Joy invites innovation and possibility

In this episode I speak to the following three quotes from Rigoglioso and how they apply in real \u201cgay life\u201d.

\u201cAt its most visible and observable level, gay spirit manifests in our propensity to have fun and experience joy.\u201d

\u201c\u2026 the close relationship between gay men's exuberant spirit and our expression of sexuality and sensuality."

\u201cJoy unleashes love, and that love diminishes division and creates wholeness.\u201d

The price we pay for our gay spirit

Many of us are reluctant to be seen outside of the safety of gay spaces, but the world desperately needs us. The world needs our joy, our playfulness, our youthfulness, and our different perceptive to challenge norms and defeat creative stagnation.

\u201cIt should come as no surprise that religious and cultural conservatives view joy, celebration, ecstasy, and exuberance as degenerate. For in their view, they are right: gay spirit undermines patriarchal power structures."

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