Personal Stories
Featured
"It only took me a couple of days to realize that what I really needed to be focused on was not what I did or didn’t do in her childhood. That was in the past and couldn’t be changed."
"My son is just a kid. He should be able to go to any school in our area and know that his school will protect him from hate. But that’s not where we live."
"While it’s difficult, the more I do it, the more confident I feel, the more normal it becomes, and the more I start feeling like myself."
It's been one year since Trump was elected, so we're taking some time to reflect on what we have learned and achieved in the last year, while looking forward to the future.
A conversation with Irwin Krieger, LCSW, about what transgender and nonbinary youth need in terms of counseling and parental support.
Grace Manger got to chat with author Laurie Frankel about her new novel "This Is How It Always Is," which centers a transgender child and her family.
Sometimes, parents don't react well when their child comes out, and that reaction has repercussions for the whole family.
We sat down with Sarah Hagger-Holt, co-author of the new book "Pride and Joy: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans Parents" to talk about LGBT parenthood and all of the trials and celebrations that come with it.
Finding a name that fits you is a big deal. Read Jamey's reflections on changing their own name and how they dealt with resistance from others.
Part 2 of our interview with Michelle Badillo is here! This time, we're talking about Lydia's character, and the topic of coming out + religion.
"That’s the moment I decided to stop lying, to stop hiding. That’s when I stopped caring what people thought. That’s when I stepped out of the open door of the closet I had trapped myself in for too long. "
Some of us may plan exactly how we are going to come out to those closest to us, but things don't always go exactly as planned.
A beautiful story written by our very own Liam Lowery as a part of a series on eater.com.
A heartwarming story about a Mormon brother learning to accept his non-binary and queer sibling.
A powerful story of a son coming out to his father, and his father doing everything he can to ask for help and support during his own process.
Kristin Russo, co-founder of My Kid Is Gay, talks with her mom Rose about coming out, family, and religion.
Karin Gomez talks about coming out as bisexual and agender, mental health, and the intersections of many "invisible identities."
Back in 2011, Kristin Russo wrote this letter at Everyone Is Gay for a young person whose mother was struggling with her child’s sexuality. We hope these words can serve as an important reminder to many more parents out there. Your child loves you.
Today, mother Christie Draper talks honestly and openly about struggles she faced when her son came out as gay to her, and how she was able to accept and love her son through it all, as well as become an activist for all LGBTQ people.
Audrey Benedetto recently interviewed her mom about what Audrey's coming out process taught her about family and religion, and about what she wishes she knew about queer identities beforehand.
Vanessa Fabbre is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. We recently had a chance to talk to her about her photography and interview project, To Survive on This Shore, which discusses growing older and coming out as trans later in life.
When her daughter, Abbey, was outed, Carmella tried to explain it all away and put her daughter in a neatly defined box. Read about how Carmella then challenged those tendencies to accept her daughter as she is at any given moment.
Coming out is a process, one that does not have a set end point for most LGBTQ people. Nicole shares how and why it took her years to fully come out to herself and to her family, along with explaining how much easier it is now as opposed to during her adolescence.
Richard James reflects on his daughter's coming out process, the bullying and rejection faced by many LGBTQ youth, and the ways in which his child's bravery has catalyzed his own.
Linda Ulanoff talks about mourning the loss of the vision she had for herself as the mother of a daughter, telling others, reaching acceptance, and growing closer to her child through the coming out process.
Khalid El Khatib reflects on some of the "firsts" in his life, and how they've defined much of his personal narrative.
Five years have passed since Jacquelyn Delcamp came out to her parents. Find out how acknowledging the things they all shoved under the rug for so long has helped her to shed her feelings of shame and fear, despite conflicting beliefs.
When it came to telling other people about Zoe’s sexuality, we mostly didn’t. But, of course, as with everything else, things were a little more complicated than they initially seemed.