Results for "Salt Lake City"
After Friend’s Death by Suicide, Gay Musician Expresses Trauma Through Art. “Being Vulnerable Allows People In.”
I’m Blake Allen and I’m from El Paso, Texas. And when I was 18, I moved to Provo, Utah to go to school at Brigham Young University. Provo and BYU are very Mormon and LDS, and ...
Gay Man Learns to Accept Himself After Reaching Low Point. “No Matter What Happens Now, I’m Comfortable With Who I Am.”
My name is John. I’m from Salt Lake City, Utah. One of the first times I encountered anything to do with LGBT+ issues was when I was 10. I was watching the news with my mother, ...
I’m From Salt Lake City, UT – Video Story.
When Erik came out to his father, he was given two choices: “Get this fixed or get out of the house.” At just 17 years old, Erik found the courage to stay true to who he is, p...
We’re From Salt Lake City, UT – Video Story.
We met Jeffrey and Jon on the Story Tour just a few days before Jeffrey’s grandmother, who’s mentioned in the story, came to visit. As they explain in the video, Indian cultJeffrey writes: The long and short of it is, Jon came with me to our family dinner (kids and spouses) with Dadi (Grandma). Jon was clearly my companion at dinner. Not much was saiI’m Jonathan Bass, and I’m from Salt Lake. I’m Jeffrey Daniels and I’m from Carlsbad, New Mexico. (Jeffrey) We met actually, probably around 2005. Actually January of 2005...
I’m From Kaysville, UT.
During the summers of my early teen years while my brother Josh and I were romping about our suburban neighborhood committing various acts of arson, minor cases of animal cruelty,...
One Story. Two Perspectives.
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...
I’m From Salt Lake City, UT.
“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...
I’m From Salt Lake City, UT – Featured Artist.
FEATURED ARTIST – Alexis Millena STORY by Jason Costa My best friend in the first grade was Peter Papidakis. We didn’t have much in common, really, other than the fact that we...
I’m From Salt Lake City, UT.
The summer after my senior year of high school, I traveled to Europe for a last hoorah before college. I was 17 and a world away from Salt Lake City, the hometown that I had grown...
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