by Aria Renee Curameng

 I’m Aria Renee Curameng and I’m from Fort Washington, Maryland.  Back in, I want to say 2021, I went out with a friend of mine and we constantly went to piano barsAnd it’s 2023, and it’s just rehearsals in January. One day we… we’re on break, and we’re having lunch. There’s about four of us in the ensemble, s...

by John Bronston

I’m John Bronston. I’m from Richmond, Indiana. And it was the Thanksgiving after my sister passed away, I had just turned 30 years old and I was bringing home a boyfriend for ...

by Kyle Graden

My name is Kyle Graden. I’m from Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. It was my junior year. I was 17. I had a bunch of queer friends at the time. My high school was attached to, was a...

by Thomas Waugh

My name is Tom Waugh. I’m from southern Ontario, but I’ve lived here in Montreal for the last 41 years. During that time, I’ve taught film studies and sexuality and queer st...

by Tony Howell

Hi, I’m Tony Howell, I’m from Fortville, Indiana. And I came out to my mom in 2005. I came home from school and I said, “Mom, I need to tell you something.” And she took i...

by Richard Mesich

Hi, my name is Richard Mesich, this is my sign name, I’m from Portage, Indiana. In my senior year in high school I was lost, isolated, and not sure about myself. I wasn’t happ...

by Jared Gilbert

Jared was an active member in his church and volunteered at a local homeless shelter. After another church member discovered he was gay, he was soon faced with an option: stop bei...

by Julia and Melissa

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can read about the adventure we had and some of the stories we collected. If you hav...

by Jeremy Cauffman

I grew up in Fish Lake, Indiana. Where the population never quite reached 800. What was once a summer destination for Chicagoans to flee from the sweltering heat during the 60’s...