My Coming Out Story, Starring a Priest, an Animal Sacrifice and Ricky Martin
Convinced a demon was making me gay, my mother turned to exorcism. Years later, her pop idol finally helped her understand.
Convinced a demon was making me gay, my mother turned to exorcism. Years later, her pop idol finally helped her understand.
During my unplanned pregnancy, I reveled in my new body and the pleasures it brought, while hiding from the pain I knew would come when I gave my child away.
We don’t know who’s been vandalizing the rainbow flags in our small Wisconsin community, but we learned a thing or two about kindness from the response.
As Al-Qaeda and ISIS encroach on his once-progressive city, one terrified young man has become the ultimate “infidel.”
The summer my parents’ marriage was falling apart, my best friend’s two moms saved me—even though my dad said they were going to Hell.
When marriage equality seemed a distant dream, some found a creative way to realize the legal benefits of family.
For years, I kept everything from my love life to my wardrobe safe. My sister’s bravery in the face of cancer convinced me to embrace color—and finally be my true self.
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