by Barton Jackson

My name is Barton Lee Jackson II. I’m from Eagle, Idaho. Idaho is an at-will employment state, so by the same concept that you can leave your job at any point without any justif...

by Kyler Wilson

My name is Kyler Wilson and I’m from Boise, Idaho. I think I was 8 or 9. My mom began finding suicide notes that I had written about how my family would be better off without me...

by Zackariah Gonzales

My name is Zackariah Gonzales and on March 21, 2006, I was betrayed by the country I swore to protect and defend. After months of investigation and being subjected to one of the m...

by Steven Pool

Knowing my father had already gone through one son coming out of the closet should have put me at ease but it didn’t; if anything it made me more nervous. I knew the day that I ...

by Frank-Joseph Frelier

I look forward to fall. When I think of fall, I think of you and the lavish seasonal dishes we whipped up together. I felt like French royalty enjoying the most tender fowl, heart...

by Rocky Buruse

You would think that by having a younger brother that came out before me, my coming out would be 100 times easier because the family had already dealt with it once so it wouldn’...

by Frank-Joseph Frelier

Story and art by Frank-Joseph Frelier We called ourselves “The Jupiter Moons.” It started at Kimberly Hobson’s docks, the summer of 2003. She always threw the best river par...

by Chris S.

I love you, but… You can be anything you want to be, but… You’re my brother, but… You have such potential, but… …But if you’re gay, well that’s a different story....