by David Martins

I was 22 years old, and had completed three quarters of my Seminary journey towards the Priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. I was stationed in Omaha, NE, a far cry from the c...

by Gay Lynn Costa and Kyle MceLwain

NOTE: We collected the following two stories in Salt Lake City on the 50-state Story Tour. Gay Lynn Costa and her son, Kyle McElwain, hosted us while we were in SLC and were qu  I’M FROM CHOCTAW, OK. By Gay Lynn Costa When my son, Kyle, was fourteen years old, I asked him point-blank if he was gay. He admitted to me tearfully that he was. We hugg...

by Aaron Sanford

I always knew that I was different. I grew up with a love for the arts, and not sports like my older brothers loved. One day I was walking down the hallway in junior high and was ...

by Felisa Love

So, I had this friend. Let’s call him Herb. Herb, like almost everyone else I know, is a devout Christian. At the time, I didn’t know Herb very well. He went to church every S...

by Joseph U.

As a personally life-changing event, there was this guy I literally fell in love with at first sight. Of course, I was just too cowardly to admit it. Despite his having a girlfrie...

by Sam Brinton

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure, and where you can learn a bit more about Sam. If yoI’m Samuel Brinton, and I’m from Perry, Iowa. My mom finds me up on the roof. Says “she will love me again, if I will just change.” Which is not the thing to say to a pers...

by Sam Brinton

Today’s Video Story was collected on the 50-state Story Tour. Check out the blog where you can follow us on our adventure, and where you can learn a bit more about Sam. If yoI’m Samuel Brinton, and I’m from Perry, Iowa. I grew up the son of Southern Baptist missionaries and we were living on a mission base so a lot of missionary families living to...

by Chris S.

“Karen, he just referred to that guy he’s with as his husband! Can you believe it? What perverts!” The comment came from behind us and I turned to scan the line of people wa...

by Greg M.

“Nah, I can’t be g*y…I just have to find the right woman…yeah, that’s it…” If you say it to yourself enough times, you’ll believe it. I was too afraid to face my t...