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I’m From Portland, OR.

by Luke Lebaron

I’m From Portland, OR.

Momma loved pretty. She kept all her pretty locked up in a turquoise travel case that she hid in the back of her closet. I remember being about five (or maybe six) years old and s...

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by Brent Roelofs

I’m From Raymond, MN.

In light of the recent tragic suicides as a result of gay teens being bullied, it has brought back a lot of memories of the struggles and pain that I went through when people foun...

“Dean…your boys want to know if Richard’s your lover.”

by Dean Ostrum

“Dean…your boys want to know if Richard’s your lover.”

Dean Ostrum was married to a woman and had four kids when he met the man he would fall in love with and later marry. Dean explains: There was no secret about [Richard] being a veTRANSCRIPT: My name is Dean Ostrum and I was born in Russel, Kansas. A very small town on the prairie. When I graduated high school I went to the University of Kansas and by that ...

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by Jack O.

I’m From Gorleston, Suffolk, UK.

1994. The beginning of this journey, one of which no one could have determined. One of which seems all so strange to one family. One of which one wished had happened earlier. 1998...

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by Jeffrey

I’m From Kewanee, IL.

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 ...

I’m From Exeter, NH.

by Gianpaul Graziosi

I’m From Exeter, NH.

By my junior year at boarding school, I was co-head of my Gay Straight Alliance. I felt the pressure and anxiety of having to continue the charade of liking girls, while leading t...

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by Mike

I’m From Plymouth, MA.

I never believed in love. I never wanted to get married. I always told myself and came to accept that I was going to fall in love and marry my work and career; I was going to find...

“AIDS Will Not Be The Boss of Me.”

by Erik Walton

“AIDS Will Not Be The Boss of Me.”

Erik Walton has had HIV for over 20 years. He’s lost over 300 friends to AIDS. And he just lost his best friend to the disease 4 years ago. Despite all this, Erik will not allow...

24-Year-Old Remembers His HIV Positive Diagnosis and the Hateful Words That Followed

by Chris Richey

24-Year-Old Remembers His HIV Positive Diagnosis and the Hateful Words That Followed

Soon after 24-year-old Chris Richey found out he was HIV positive, he had an unfortunate incident in his own home with a friend of his roommate’s: This guy says something about ...

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