by Karine

My name is Karine. I’m from Brooklyn, New York.  I grew up in a very conservative… conservative environment in Haiti. We went to church every week, sometimes twice a weekAnd I had just this moment of understanding that I could actually be in love with a woman, and I could be with a woman. Even though I’d had those feelings before, when I was...

by Ambika

My name is Ambika Nair. I am from Plainsboro, New Jersey.  I grew up in a conservative South Asian family. I only really realized that I was bisexual once I graduated high schoolI just smiled and nodded and said, “Yeah, okay.” This topic of having a husband would come up in small and subtle ways, and every time it did, it would just continue to weigh ...

by Erica Nix

I’m Erica Nix. I’m from Arlington, Texas. Arlington, when I was growing up, was a pretty conservative place. It wasn’t really that cool to be different, and I al...

by Natasha Sumner

I’m Natasha Sumner and I am from Santa Rosa, California.  Growing up, I was a rough and tumble kid. I loved to be out in the dirt, out in nature. It was the place where I fToday, as you can see, I kept my hair short and revel in it all the time and really enjoy it. You know, I can’t say that these fears of mine and these sort of belief systems...

by Angie Harden

My name is Angie Harden. I’m from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  When I was 15, I got my first job. I was thrilled to have my first job. I was lucky enough to work at a recreationaSo I called HR and I said very confidently, “I am certain that this is what has happened to me. I have been fired for being gay. Take a look at my file, take a look at my re...

by KishaLynn Elliot

My name is KishaLynn Elliot and I’m from San Diego, California.  One night in 2006, a friend of mine dragged me out for drinks in West Hollywood. We’re sitting at theElection night comes and our group of our friends decided to have a viewing party and we went, and it’s a very exciting time. It’s all of our Black friends and we̵...

by Daye Pope

My name is Daye and I’m from Clear Lake, Iowa.  Growing up in the country, back home, I always knew that I was different. And I remember at one point when I was 10, actuallI couldn’t put it off any longer and I was living in Washington, DC at the time and I remember having so much nervous energy that I actually left my house and was pacing aro...

by Kinsey

I’m Kinsey and I’m from Detroit, Michigan. Almost three years ago, I moved to New York from Detroit. I moved here for many reasons, one of them being, that I was looking for m...

by Alaa Wasfie

I’m Alaa Wasfie. I’m from Baghdad, Iraq. In 2003, I was 13 years old during the American-Iraqi war. My grandmother wanted us, the entire family, to be together in one house so...