by William Weaver

FEATURED ARTIST – Paul Richmond STORY by William Weaver I grew up in Granville, Ohio. A small, white, privileged, community whose pretentiousness and/or lack of reality is held ...

by J. Priola

My story starts with one really lonely day at school when one of my classmates called me worthless. I sat there and saw all my friends watching as he put my self-esteem to -23. I ...

by Justin Adkins

As a little girl I didn’t know about anything queer. It seemed like my parents made sure that I was sheltered from all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. It c...

by Par Kermani

I’m twenty-one years old now, living on my own and working my way through school. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in a highly conservative Iranian family. Though ...

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 Trevor Mathews

I grew up in an extremely small LDS (Mormon) town in Southern Utah. Unlike other small towns mine was truly small, with a population of 150–that includes all the livestock. It w...

by Tom Q.

The biggest thing for me in high school was to take my boyfriend to a school dance, which was unheard of in my conservative school. We are known as the gay school cause of my best...

by Michael Stratmoen

My story isn’t one where I faced friends or family over my sexual orientation. It isn’t about discrimination or gay bashing. It’s about something far scarier and insidious. ...

by Rafi Mittlefehldt

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Rafi Mittlefehldt I’m 5 years old and surrounded by hundreds of kids my age, all of us soaked with chlorine water and dopamine and sunsh...