by Jamie

My name is Jamie, I come from San Diego, California. I guess I was thinking a lot about sort of lost years in L.A. I have a really fuzzy memory, I don’t remember a lot. And that...

by Ryan Boswell

I’d never gone to a school dance before. But this time it was different. I was going to the Homecoming Dance of my sophomore year, and I had a date. The excitement of actually h...

by Brian Schaefer

FEATURED ARTIST – Paul Richmond STORY by Brian Schaefer I awoke to quiet sobs coming from overhead; soft sniffles muted by a pillow. I rolled out from under the sheets and sto...

by Seth Klonsky

The September night was cold, but I was determined. For days I sat outside the store, waiting for him to walk out. He always did, just like clock work. And by this point, I had hi...

by Michelle Stone

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Michelle Stone If there was only one important fact that I could have learned when I was a little girl, it would be that your attraction t...

by Jamila Khan

I remember Leslie. Leslie was the kickball and soccer star of Robert Semple Elementary, toughest kid on the playground, and I was her friend. I wasn’t tough, I was nerdy. I woul...

by Kenneth

Leviticus 18:22: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, that is detestable.” 4 years ago for Sabbath School I had to know that verse along with a handful of others d...

by Christopher Jones

I remember the first time I realized that I wasn’t quite the same as all the other boys in my hometown. I had this best friend, who had been my best friend for years upon countl...

by Cashmere Ferragamo

NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Sy...