Added May 12, 2011 I am a singer/songwriter. I have kept a secret from the world I am a “Damn Liar” and I’m “Broken” I have lied. I am gay. I am so scared to come out. I am so afraid of rejection. I don’t want to be turned away. I am so afraid to […]
Read More →My hope is that someday, we’ll all be free to marry
on May 5, 2011in Bisexual
Added May 12, 2011 When I was young, I thought my same-sex attraction was simply wanting to have the body of the other guys I saw. Later, I realized who I was and wanted to hide. And later still, I came to accept me and love who I chose, regardless of social expectation. That is […]
Read More →Bullying started at about age 8
on May 5, 2011in Bullying
Added May 12, 2011 Well I am a 30 female from Kansas. I have been overweight my whole life. So the bullying started at about age 8. As I grew up, my own family members would call me “Shamu The Whale” at the pool. That has caused me to really doubt who I was as […]
Read More →I was criticized for being me
on May 5, 2011in Bullying
Added May 12, 2011 After a 12-year relationship, my partner decides to secretly reconnect with friends through FB without mentioning it to me; often times there were 5-6 hour text sessions. And with several people, but one in particular that she was not FB friends with – and looking at her phone records (that she […]
Read More →Sometimes I even prayed to God to change me, or take me
on May 5, 2011in Fear of Coming Out
Added May 12, 2011 I knew from my early childhood that I was different. I was in love with another little girl at six years old. I sure as [heck] didn’t learn this at home. For me, this was the most normal feeling in the world. But yet I soon realized that life had thrown […]
Read More →I thought that my family would disown me
on May 5, 2011in Gay & Proud
Added May 12, 2011 I grew up in Ohio in a very Roman Catholic environment, attending Catholic school, attending Mass every week. I always thought being gay was sinful and deviant. I tried very hard to be “straight” dating men until I started approaching my 40th birthday. I realized that my life was passing me […]
Read More →This is Bible Belt! Nobody’s gonna want a gay teacher.
on May 5, 2011in Still Hiding
Added May 5, 2011 At times I wonder if I’ve stepped back into the closet in the five years I’ve been a high school teacher in a rural Missouri town. As a young adult I came out to my parents, close family, and friends and was out at work. While I was incredibly anxious about […]
Read More →Very nervous that my friends would not accept me
on May 5, 2011in Coming Out
Added May 12, 2011 Starting College 13 hours away from home was difficult. But hiding a secret you’ve known for most of your life is more difficult. I started college 13 hours from home, excited and looking forward to being on my own. About a month into college, I felt like the secret I’ve been […]
Read More →The family doesn’t want “the gays” around them
on May 5, 2011in Fear of Coming Out, Still Hiding
Added May 12, 2011 When I was nine, my mom asked me if I knew what gay meant. I said no because I had never heard of it. She said “It’s when two boys or two girls love each other. Your brother is gay.” I didn’t understand at first because I didn’t know that was […]
Read More →I am truly a man trapped in a woman’s body
on May 5, 2011in Transgender
Added May 12, 2011 I’ve known since I was little that I was different, I just didn’t truly understand what that meant until about 11 years ago. I started off living a gay woman’s life with my girlfriend at the time. Then about four years later I became really REAL with myself and started living […]
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