by Ladislao Loera

My name is Ladislao Loera and I’m from Houston, Texas. I had been with my partner for about eighteen years. The last four years, he was fighting a terminal and rare cancer. He h...

by Tyler Wallach

My name is Tyler Wallach and I’m from Houston, Texas. One night a few months ago, three of my friends and I, we went to dinner at one of our favorite places to go in Brooklyn. I...

by Rebecca

Looking back, I remember not always feeling “normal.” In elementary school I wasn’t very pretty, and I had a few good friends, which I still have today. As soon as I was in ...

by Francis Scott

I grew up in a very strict, religious and physically abusive home environment where mistakes were severely punished and there was no room for self expression. Most of my life up u...

by Cesar Galindo

To commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1, we spoke with fashion designer Cesar Galindo. Cesar was on Bravo’s “The Fashion Show” and also designed Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.BTRANSCRIPT: My name is Cesar Galindo, I was born in Houston, Texas, and I currently live in New York City. I’m actually co-chair for World AIDS Day in Houston, Texas this year, ...

by Annise Parker

Transcript: My name is Annise Parker and I am the Mayor of Houston Texas. I knew that I was gay, began putting a name to it when I was twelve, didn’t come out until I was fiftee...

by Chris Allen Mason

I grew into a young man in the upper/middle class suburb of Houston, Texas known as Clear Lake City. Home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. My dad scored an amazing job with a NAS...

by Blair G.

Houston was the setting of my childhood, but I spent my teen years in the smallish town of Corsicana where I met my high school sweetheart/girlfriend of 6 years. This story isn’...

by Cory Quach

My name is Cory Quach and I’m from Houston, Texas. The story that I want to talk about isn’t so much a specific story, it’s more about my experience as an Asian-American mal...