I realized I was gay at 13, thanks to European cinema. Then, at 18, when I went into college, I joined a queer group that…
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About 17 years ago, my cousin came out as gay. I didn’t understand why family members were so emotional and serious about it. That’s when…
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When my mother, a librarian, discovered my queerness through reading a Duke entry essay, she was concerned with the essay’s structure errors, rather than the…
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I never understood coming out – it’s like stepping into a spotlight so people can put me in a box. I call myself queer, but…
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Living most of my life in Seattle, I needed a change of geography. Sanford let me substitute the rain-filled Northwest for the sun-soaked Southeast. I…
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I grew up thinking if I had tattoos, I would have no political career, so I didn’t get my first #tattoo until about age 23.…
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