by Florin Helf

Romanian Orphan Uninvited To Christmas By Adoptive Parents After Coming Out As Gay.

I’m Florin Helf and I’m from Bucharest, Romania. I was born in a Romanian hospital, my mother gave birth to me, falsified her identification, and fled the hospital. She left m...

by Matthew Leach

“Don’t Struggle With Something You Can’t Control.” Gay Son Receives Sage Advice From Mom.

My name is Matthew Leach and I’m from Denton, Texas. I went to school at the University of Texas in Austin. When I was a sophomore at college I was in a fraternity, Tau Kappa Ep...

by Fataah Dihaan

Senior Class President Fights To Have Gay Student’s Letter Printed In Paper

I’m Fataah Dihaan, I’m from Buffalo, New York. I went to an all-boys Jesuit private high school, President of the class, I was fairly popular. My Senior year I was editor of o...

“These White Gay Guys Are Coming To Take All Our Jobs.” Workplace Discrimination In The Mayor’s Office.

My name is James Felton Keith. I’m from Detroit Michigan. I moved back home in 2014 to work for the newly elected mayor of Detroit. A few days before I was supposed to start wor...

by Richard Fox

After Near-Fatal Bout With Weight Loss, Gay Son Chooses Happiness Over Father’s Approval.

My name is Richard Fox and I’m from Queens, New York. I, in my adolescence, had gained some weight as a kid, say from my second grade to high school I basically progressively be...

by Simon Donovan

I’m From Tucson, AZ.

My horoscope once said that with a new planetary shift it will be the end of “me” consciousness and the beginning of “us” consciousness. I will suddenly shift from self-ce...

by Shawn Walker

Discovering Sexuality–And A Handsome Prayer Buddy–At A Christian College

My name is Shawn Walker and I’m originally from Columbia, South Carolina. I can remember when I was really young at like 11 years old living in Louisiana. My parents were statio...

Man’s Wife Encourages Him To Have Sexual Experience With Another Man.

I was born in London, England in 1951, and I’ve lived in Germany and Holland. I moved to Italy, Tuscany in 1976. I suppose by the age of 12, that was a rather important moment i...

by Doug Rice

“You Have To Leave.” Facing Discrimination In A Hospital At The Height of the AIDS Crisis.

I’m Doug Rice, I’m from Rochester, New York. Robert and I met in 1983 at a record store I was working at. He came in as a customer and I’d just gone to a Talking Heads conce...