Trials and tribulations of our writers / contributors lives
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 […]
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!
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
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
(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
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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
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
Oh, that’s why he looked so miserable all the time…he beat himself with a belt. Wouldn’t it have been easier just to head to a Bear Bar? I’m sure there are plenty of people who would have lined up to whack this mental patient…and their belts are often studded…oooohhhhh…hope he remembers his safe word…
Now they’re pulling dictionaries out of schools because a kid might stumble across a sexual term. And not because of an uprising from parents, but a complaint from ONE PARENT. And the books were pulled without consulting the school board. Just for the record, folks, there’s no such thing as a bad word. It
