by Jamie Brickhouse

After Telling Father About HIV Status, “I Don’t Give A Damn Who Knows.”

Jamie Brickhouse is the author of Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze, Sex, and My Mother. TRANSCRIPT: I’m Jamie Brickhouse. I’m from Beaumont, Texas. When I was in college...

by Ann Brown

1988: Transgender Woman Helps 22-Year-Old Lesbian From Texas Come Out.

I’m Ann Brown and I’m from El Paso, Texas. So back in 1988, when I graduated University of Texas at Austin, I moved to New York. And that was a huge move for me, coming from t...

by Joey Suarez

Overcoming Sexual Abuse: “Music Is Responsible For Saving My Life.”

I’m Joey Suarez and I’m from San Antonio, Texas. In Miami, Florida, when I was 8 years old, I was in 1st grade. And I was in Ms. Baker’s class. And we just had the DARE prog...

by Braden Bradley

Conversion Therapy Doesn’t Work. “I Actually Felt Closer To God When I Accepted Myself.”

I’m Braden Bradley and I’m from Hallsville, Texas, which is a small town in northeast Texas, close to Louisiana. There’s one stop light and a Dairy Queen and it’s just cut...

by Ron Malott

Gay Twins Come Out To Each Other, Then To Mom.

My name is Ron Malott and I’m from Kyle, Texas. So being from a big family and there being so many of us, I guess because my twin brother and I were sort of special and in the m...

by Brandon Beck

Transgender Man Has Life-Changing Epiphany Reading College Syllabus: “There Really Is A Place For People Like Me In Society.”

I’m Brandon Beck and I’m from San Marcos, Texas. When I was a small child I was very happy. I thought of myself as a boy when I was little and no adults ever questioned that w...

by Huey Rey Fischer

Candidate for Texas State Representative: “I’m the LGBTQ Son of an Undocumented Immigrant.”

My name is Huey Rey Fischer. I’m from Rockport, Texas. I grew up on the Texas coast and moved to Austin to study Latin American Studies and Government. Now I’m running for Sta...

by Lynn Currie

Two Stories Capture Twenty Two Years of LGBTQ Progress.

I’m Lynn Currie. I’m from Austin, Texas. Growing up my dad was in the military, so we kind of moved all around. And ended up finishing up high school in a little town called B...

by Kathryn Gonzales

“I Had to Ditch the Trans Narrative, and Finally Start Writing My Own.”

I’m Kathyrn Gonzalez, and I’m from Austin, Texas. I remember coming home for the summer, after my first year in college, it was 2004. I turned on the TV and there was a movie ...