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Today, I want to talk about one of my modern-day heroes, Alok V. Menon, known as ALOK. ALOK (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, public speaker, and actor. I’ll add prophet. ALOK speaks brave truth to power and firmly holds themself in compassion and love.
I feel very confused about letting go of what I believed: that I am a sinner, and unless I believe in a fundamentalist style religion, well… who knows what will happen? I stopped going to church quite some time ago and have always had a difficult time fitting into organized religion. However, …
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