By Jer Long
Life with Shirley T., was a rollercoaster ride through an Edgar Allen Poe version of Alice in Wonderland. Her peaceable downtimes I relished. Her flipping nightmares I bore with monkish silence. Her madcap express I boarded eagerly. Unpredi…

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By Allen Ellenzweig
As Long As I’m Famous wishes to be an exposé of Broadway and Hollywood in the period after World War II; the narrative action mostly takes place in 1948.  It focuses on a half-dozen overlapping relationships, but mostly zeroes in on…

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By Ignacio Darnaude
CHICAGO’S WRIGHTWOOD 659, a private institution focused on socially engaged art, is currently showing a landmark exhibition: The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869–1930.
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By Andrea Weiss
Her playful humor, her barbed wit, her keen intellect, her iconoclastic spirit — these were just some of the things that made Sylvia so special.  What I would give to sit in the garden with her once more.
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By Dick Atkins
Tiffany never gave up hope for her ultimate goal, finding love and comfort in the body and soul she felt was hers.
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By Laura Moreno
“Hello, new me. She’s now strong. She’s now confident. She is alive. She’s in love… I am here. I am her. I am transvisible.”   
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By Anne Kruse
For many, feeling pride about who we are is a foreign concept, but we worked at it
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by Mae Espada
My mother whimpering, choking, eating her own words: “Really, who, what, are you?” Me, sitting down, clutching my phone in one hand and my bandaged chest in the other. This can’t be true. It can’t be true.
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By Lisa Dordal

A voice inside me said: “This is my story too.”

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By Toby Jaffe
The end result was a euphoric rainy mid-afternoon watching three flawed but wonderful short films on YouTube, all centered around the non-binary experience and featuring non-binary main characters.
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By Jayson Lara
When I went through with the decision to come out of the closet, my announcement assured myself and other queer youth that we have a place in society, that we do exist, despite living in a world that is still trying to erase us.
The pos…

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LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon will be featured in the following video.
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By Trebor Healey

“Did I even navigate childhood? I think I sort of shipwrecked, washed ashore, and found a cave.”

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By Edafe Okporo
 “Edafe Okporo, please rise,” the judge said upon returning. “Thank you for your bravery and courage. I am granting you permission to live in America.”
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By Richard Gartner

The next thing I knew, my body was trembling from the inside out. I was paralyzed and yet in vibratory motion at the same time.

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By Felice Cohen
What makes a love affair memorable? If it’s your first? Being caught in bed by your lover’s partner? Your first love dying? In my experience, it was all the above.
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  A slice of home security footage that went viral shows two Mormon missionaries arriving at a front door somewhere in Indiana and noticing a doormat with the words “Gayest Place in Town,” whereupon they take one look at each other and bolt. The b…

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By Stephen Hanna and Bret Schuford

Our journey was full of surprises at every turn, but it was worth it.

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By Ann McMan

So does that mean I can still claim my identity as a lesbian? And if so, should I be afraid to say it out loud?

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