by Michael Krenzer

Despite the fact that I grew up in a conservative household — my mother was raised Irish Catholic, my father Lutheran — my parents always taught me to be accepting and toleran...

by Jason Costa

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...

by Michael Makerson

NOTE: This is a continuation of Michael’s story from last week. It might help to read it before jumping in to Part 2. — As Christmas drew closer, the untameable beast of anxi...

by Purple Passion

In 1998 I was living in a small town that was about two hours from Louisville. I realized that I probably would never meet another lesbian in this town so I turned to online datin...

by Randal Fedje

I went through high school, University and a Graduate degree and not once did I tell a soul that I was gay until a month and a half before my 29th birthday. It wasn’t until I ha...

Yesterday, (or was it two days ago? I can’t remember) my friend told me she was hurt when I told her I was gay. It was not because she was homophobic–if anything, she’s defi...

by Michael Makerson

I am an openly gay man that is married to another openly gay man. We love one another but we have both agreed that our marriage is over. We were one of the 18,000 couples legally ...

by Rick Landman

NOTE: This story was originally published on the author’s, Rick Landman’s, website, InfoTrue.com. The story is well beyond the 1500 word limit but I think it’s an intimate ...

by Johnny

I’m fifteen. I’ve lost everything. I’m broken and alone. You came into my life, and destroyed all the soul left in me, but I have to fight. I have to win you back, and if I ...