Life

Trials and tribulations of our writers / contributors lives

A Walk with Kids

 Visit Jacob’s blog here…. GoodAsGay I sat inside my house bored out of my mind. It was something that I did often on the weekends as a stared aimlessly into the computer waiting for some game to actually intrigue me. Popping balloons and matching colors was more of a waste of time than watching SpongeBob […]

My Coming Out Story – Jason Hare

  I have a couple different stories about coming out, but this one is the most concrete…This was about two years ago in the summer of 2008. I had just broken up with my girlfriend of that past year and a half and was ready to start living my life the way that I had wanted.

My Coming Out Story – Jason Garrigus

  I moved from a small town in Northwest Tennessee to sunny California last March, in hopes that I could find a place to have a life.  A place where I could walk down the street without fear of a brick being thrown at my head or a cross burning in my front yard.  Some

My Coming Out Story – Robin Martorano

Well my coming out story started July 2nd 2004.   I was pissed at my husband because he was cheating on me with a so called friend of mine for 5 years.  I found out by reading his mail he accidently sent home instead of his moms.  He was stationed in Egypt with the National Guard! 

My Coming Out Story – Jose

  Hi my name is José I’m 24 and Latino. I was only 23 when I came out to my mother this is how it happened. We went shopping at Manchester mall and she was about to go to Mexico and I seed she might not come back so I said "Mom I’m gay" and

My Coming Out Story – Sarah Waters

     Hello my name is Sarah Waters and I want to tell you my coming out story. Well here it goes, "I was 15 years old and I was in a bad car accident. My grandfather was killed and I was badly hurt. Well my grandfather had told me that morning he knew what

My Coming Out Story: Coming Out & Going Under

  (above, center, me in 1981 – above, far right, current picture) I graduated high school in 1980, in Chugiak, Alaska. Early the next year, I moved back to California. Soon afterwards, things changed dramatically for me. I met someone and began a relationship, moving in with him and his roommate in a house in

Visalia Pride Lions Dinner

You are invited to our Charter Party April 17, 2010 at the Visalia   Convention Center’s San Joaquin Room 303 E. Acequia Ave. , Visalia , CA No Host Social Hour 5:30 pm  Dinner 6:30 pm Ceremony 7:30 pm Dancing 9:00 pm – Midnight  Dinner Attire Suggested Raffle prizes throughout the evening Dinner Entertainment by Ms.

Porn Fiasco

If I were to type it in it wouldn’t be that bad. I mean I can just erase the history. But what if mom comes home early? It doesn’t matter; she won’t be home until like four. That gives me a hour and a half. I can just look at a couple of bad pictures

Coming Out Coming Clean

My friends in Upward Educate, a college preparation program, have been the most accepting of my homosexuality. In the following essay I describe the importance of being honest about my sexual orientation. I provide a short story that applies this imperative truth when I was at an Upward Educate convention. The parts are labeled. Essay