by Kate W.

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kate W. I find my femininity sometimes, lurking, like the sticky film left when melted ice cream is too-quickly mopped up with an unclean s...

by Michelle P.

I grew up in the South – with the conservative attitudes that entails. My parents had divorced, and my father had killed himself when I was 12. Despite the instability I grew up...

by A. E.

FEATURED ARTIST – Frank-Joseph STORY by A.E. At fourteen, every relationship seems like it will last forever. I spent hours imagining my future with my…I don’t even know wh...

by Meah

One of the most important events to occur in my short, largely meaningless life is starting a Gay-Straight Alliance at my high school. We’d all suffered enough under the school�...

by Kelly D.

My name is Kelly and I am in my teens. I’ve been told many times during my awkward confessions to friends and relatives that I am too young to be sure of my sexuality. I know so...

by Sarah A.

Only a few months after coming out, the Prop 8 decision was passed down and the gay community said, “Enough Already!” As the protests and the marches were organized across the...

by Lily G.

My first kiss was at age 11, under the bleachers at summer day camp with a girl named April. We were playing truth or dare. Everyone laughed and so did I. “You guys should make ...

by Danielle S.

I’m a late bloomer. I came out…(I always have to figure it up) 16 years ago, when i was 33. Between one moment and the next, one as a straight person, the next as a…not stra...

by Kelley Halvorson

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kelley Halvorson It was 1976, the year I won a Soprano spot in the North Dakota State Honors Choir. A small-town gal, I was thrilled to ha...