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 David Glick

“Why are you doing this? You’re not gay!” In the months since we announced our intentions to start GLBTQ Online High School, I’ve been asked this many times. I don’t mi...

by A.Y.M. Kong

“We shape our dwellings and afterwards our dwellings shape us.” Winston Churchill. Yeah, I know it’s a poncy public schoolboy thing to do to quote Winston Churchill, but it ...

by J.D. Moss

Gravity slams my shoulder into the rusting frame of the bus seat. The silent impact spins my body sideways, gravity finishing its job, pulling me to the hard rubber aisle–my bac...

by Anthony

I returned to Crosbyton from Dallas with my family when I was seven years old. Crosbyton is the typical West Texas town: Southern Baptist, football, and casserole ruled. In second...

by Christian Eichenlaub

I was the first gay person I knew. Until I wasn’t.  The amazing thing about Traverse City was that once I knew what I was gay, I found an amazing community, an amazing mentor, ...

by Andrew Reynolds

Even though it was really 1987, it was still the 1960s in the heart of our teacher, Mr. A. That’s why Mr. A had us arrange our chairs in a semi circle in front of the hot seat. ...

by Sean Mackey

When I was 17 years old I fell in love at first sight. It’s a difficult sensation to explain, and you know when people hear you say it they think it’s just a case of lust, bec...