By Noni Salma
This is not a love story. Or a story of a child missing a father. This is a story of a father chasing a lost shadow. This is a story of a child who is not a dream come true. …

By Jer Long
Life with Shirley T., was a rollercoaster ride through an Edgar Allen Poe version of Alice in Wonderland. Her peaceable downtimes I relished. Her flipping nightmares I bore with monkish silence. Her madcap express I boarded eagerly. Unpredictable, she was a force to reckon with.

By Dick Atkins

Tiffany never gave up hope for her ultimate goal, finding love and comfort in the body and soul she felt was hers.

By Anne Kruse

For many, feeling pride about who we are is a foreign concept, but we worked at it

by Mae Espada

My mother whimpering, choking, eating her own words: “Really, who, what, are you?” Me, sitting down, clutching my phone in one hand and my bandaged chest in the other. This can’t be true. It can’t be true.

By Frank Arthur Smith

One thing I know for sure: whether gay, bisexual, or “definitely not straight,” my journey is my own.

By Lisa Dordal

A voice inside me said: “This is my story too.”

By J. Sutari

When I went through with the decision to come out of the closet, my announcement assured myself and other queer youth that we have a place in society, that we do exist, despite living in a world that is still trying to erase us.

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.”

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.