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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My fiancé and I had each been to Montreal many years before we got together, and we both had fond memories of it, so we were excited to go back again as a couple. Our trip was planned around Fierté Montréal which takes place each August, but like most …
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By Geoff Cadman
That Gay Pride day on July 1st 1972 was filled with hope and determination and much has been achieved since. I do not like the huge cracks appearing in those first laid foundations. Below is my story from that sunny day in London, in th…
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By John R Killacky
“It is our intellectual journal.… If you want to deal with scholarly intelligent arguments, there’s really no place else we can publish,” writer/activist Larry Kramer was quoted as saying in that same New York Times article from 1998…
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By John R Killacky
“It is our intellectual journal.… If you want to deal with scholarly intelligent arguments, there’s really no place else we can publish,” writer/activist Larry Kramer was quoted as saying in that same New York Times article from 1998…
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By Kollyn Conrad
Identity is very fluid, and Lovato shows us that it’s okay to change and evolve.
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By Cheryl Klein
“It’s a personal decision” sounds so pat, so unhelpful. So instead I’ll say this: Face the wave. If it calls to you, ride it.
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By Gayla Turner
The groom standing next to my grandmother in those photos was not my grandfather, but a woman dressed in men’s clothing.
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By Caitlin Billings
I’ve learned it’s important to grieve, not because someone has died but because they have gone away and returned from a new direction.
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By Byron Kennedy
My parents didn’t kick me out, but they did kick me out of their hearts. And I mourn the loss of their love to this day.
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