by Kenneth Rainer

I’m From Cut and Shoot, TX.

I attended a small Baptist church and a somewhat small high school. I have lesbian grandparents, which I believe assisted in this stigma against homosexuality in my household. I b...

by Audrey Smith

I’m From Girardville, PA.

Colby and I met in 1991 when I was dating my ex and she was dating an abusive ex. Colby’s twin sister was dating my ex-husband’s best friend. Through his best friend, my ex be...

by Jordan

I’m From Bellingham, WA.

I was raised in the burbs of Minneapolis, MN. I knew I was “gay” (we didn’t have that word back in the early 60s), when I was 8-10 years old. Feeling different than the othe...

by Gregory Smith

I’m From Ocala, FL.

I am bisexual in orientation, and married with children, and out. I grew up as an Air Force brat. We moved around a lot, but finally settled in Florida (my extended family is spre...

by Heather Murphy

I’m From Seattle, WA.

1.) I am a woman. 2.) I am married to a man. 3.) I work to defend queer youth rights and fight victimization. 4.) I am queer. 5.) I am bisexual. Most people hear the first two and...

by Michelle P.

I’m From Dallas, TX.

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 Phil

I’m From Phoenix, AZ.

To give a little context…the year was 1975, I was 21 years old and had been married less than a year. It was four years before I would come across an article in the Chicago Trib...

by Pierre le Roux

I’m From Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Same-sex marriage became legal in South Africa on 30 November 2006 when the Civil Unions Bill was enacted after having been passed by the SA Parliament earlier that month. South A...

by Ralph Alpha

I’m From Philadelphia, PA.

It’s been eight years since the blizzard–that random act of nature that brought us together. I can still remember that night we were all stranded in the city, and how miraculo...