by Jeffrey

Like most people, coming out to myself, parents and friends was all at once painful, wonderful, and liberating.  I’m lucky to look back on it now and be thankful that I have a ...

by Charles Johnson

Charles Johnson came out to one of his best friends. He didn’t expect what happened afterwards. One of my friends was Southern Baptist. She ended up causing a lot of trouble fo...

by Kyle Smith

Do you live in small town America? I did. I know the struggle of feeling different. As a boy, I lived in the little town of East Hartland. My uncle called it “Walton’s Mountai...

I’m from a town called Defuniak Springs, Florida. Never heard of it? There’s a reason for that. Defuniak is a rural community in northern Florida (which may as well be called ...

by Farsh A.

My weekend in Vermont changed everything. I knew heading to a mountain cabin with twenty-four guys would yield inevitable fun and lasting memories, but I didn’t anticipate the s...

by Mikayla B.

I spent most of my childhood as a stereotypical tomboy. I did, and still do, have an extreme dislike of wearing anything like dresses or skirts or pretty girly stuff. I played sof...

by Lauren

In Lauren’s Junior year of high school, there was a “No Place For Hate” month. The month was followed by a panel with students talking about different forms of hate, like ra...

by Bradley McDermitt

I wake up to the sound of the ocean coming through the closed window. This house is so close to the water that it doesn’t matter whether the window is opened or closed. The soot...

by Rachel M.

I wasn’t even the one who brought it up. My mother asked me on a trip to Denver if I was questioning my sexuality, and a sense of relief flowed through me. For the past few mont...