Year: 2024

When I think of myself, I don’t consider such aspects as gender or who I wanted to bone—such shallow considerations, quite frankly, aren’t even things I think about most days. When I think of myself, I list the following: I draw, I write and I watch a gratuitous amount of Japanese Cartoons because without these…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 11

All throughout my life I had struggled to find my identity and be true to myself. I had also always had a low-self esteem. It has been about three months since I decided to finally be true to myself and to acknowledge that what I was feeling was exactly the right thing. I had always…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 10

Coming out ended up being a fairly complicated process for me.  As my friends started discussing crushes and maneuvering for kisses, all I felt was a vague confusion. I didn’t see anything to get excited about. As I went through high school, watching people pair off, hearing rumors about who was sleeping with who, I…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 9

Growing up my family was really gay friendly. I had two gay uncles and everyone was accepting of them. When I was in fifth grade my mom told me that she would love me no matter who I loved. At the time I had no idea what she meant because all I cared about was…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 8

I was raised in an extremely open-minded and liberal family. As a child, I remember never having any problem with anyone over any facet of their identity, be it their race, their class, their gender, or their sexual orientation. So when my brother came out to me when I was 15, I was shocked that…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 7

5th Year Sociology and Social Ecology Major As a queer, white, able-bodied male, feminist and first generation college student, my identity has afforded me many privileges and many challenges. However, it is through my marginalized identity as a queer individual that I have been inspired to become an activist and advocate for social justice. It…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 6

My story begins when I was five and I was taken to my first ballet class. Even though my mother had to drag me there, I suddenly had found myself in a place where I didn’t feel like I would be judged for not being like the other boys and wanting to play their stupid…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 5

Coming out as an LGBT Ally has been an extensive learning process. As the heterosexual female who works at the LGBT resource center, I constantly receive the look, a quick vertical scan, followed by a step back, narrowing of the eyes, and finally silence. Apparently, this is the process to determine another’s sexual orientation. Initially,…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 4

Throughout my childhood I was a tomboy. I didn’t own Barbies nor did I host tea parties. Most of my time was spent outside, running, playing basketball, riding bikes- all with the neighborhood boys. During my elementary school years I gathered a reputation for being both very athletic and somewhat competitive. I never really had…Continue Reading Coming Out Story 3