by James Bell

FEATURED ARTIST – Joe Sinness STORY by James Bell I grew up in Akron, Ohio, a working class town, home to three of the four major rubber companies. The smokestacks belched sul...

by Drew Tarr

To most junior high school kids, the sound of the last bell represented freedom. In my gallop home, I had five blocks to run, and four boys to outrun, in the heaviest of winter ap...

by Aaron Chan

He gave me a look that said, “Why the hell would you even ask me that?” when I asked if he was going to the upcoming Pride Parade. But I should start from the beginning. It st...

by "Sammy the K"

“I know someone you might want to meet. He’s a fireman.” My friend Dan told me as we were talking over lunch. I had been unhappy in my nearly one year relationship with a re...

by Jay Blotcher

In the Manhattan dating scene, desperation often passes for bravery, thank God. In that case, call me courageous. I shopped for love and thought I’d found it with a friend.  Th...

by John

I never had a big coming out moment, or story, or statement.  I did not tell my parents until I was 31 because I just wanted to let everyone figure it out on their own. I grew up...

by Danielle S.

I’m a late bloomer. I came out…(I always have to figure it up) 16 years ago, when i was 33. Between one moment and the next, one as a straight person, the next as a…not stra...

by S.C.

Hey, V: I’m glad I got to see you the other day. Last night, I told my boyfriend about that weekend when you and I broke up, and the story reminded me, as it always does, that...

by Tony Thompson

Remembering when we met always comes easy to me.  I know exactly where I was and when, a bar on the night before Good Friday.  I remember the jacket you wore and the way your ha...