Facing LGBTQ Pride in Muncie, Indiana

She sent me to Christian therapy to “fix me” once, my mother. She tried anyway.…

I was studying to be a minister when I fell in love with another minister.…

I always thought I was a lesbian. I came out to myself when I was…

Classmates started calling me gay in 5th or 6th grade. I just never told them…

My family cried when I cut them off: half a spine’s length of corkscrews that…

It took a while for me to accept myself as gay. I was raised in…

The real reason Dracula could not see his own reflection in the mirror   wasn’t…

My husband had a hard time when he first found out our son is gay.…

I have not always been comfortable sharing my own story. Raised in a conservative, Pentecostal…

It’s a small world, being gay in Indiana. You know everybody because there’s not a…

I’ve always known I wasn’t straight. I thought it was completely normal to be attracted…

The very first time a middle-school student told me they were trans, they were very…

When I was seven years old, I went through a phase where I was convinced…

Growing up, I knew I was different. There were parts of me that didn’t fit…

I had C.S. on my mind for quite a while. They remember . . .…

I became a youth pastor to help kids and teens grow into healthy young adults.…

I thought that once I left Muncie I was never coming back. Right after graduating…

My dad still mourns the loss of his son. His Facebook posts show me with…

Do you want the short version or the long version? I didn’t even know who…

My grandpa outed my aunt to me on a road trip to Tennessee. “I think…

It is amazing to me how a chance encounter with another person can test your…

I’ve never been someone who dresses really girly. I’m always in leggings and a T-shirt;…