Here’s My Story
HERE’S MY STORY is a feature on The G&LR‘s website, where you can share some part of your life story with other readers. We receive a lot of submissions of personal memoirs, but the magazine doesn’t publish first-person narratives as a general rule. “Here’s My Story” is a space that allows our readers (and others) to talk about their experiences as members of the LGBT+ community. There are no restrictions on subject matter, but some broad areas might include:
- Coming-out stories
- Memorable love affairs
- An epiphany (e.g. a work of art)
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Writing Our Own Happy Endings
By Ash Perez
My name is Ash Perez, 36, male, a TV writer living in LA. If you have no idea who that is, you may remember me from the mid-2010s, when I was Ashly Perez, the “awkward Asian girl” on BuzzFeed.
A Higher Calling for Felipe
By Michael Varga
I met him at a Paris disco in 1986 when I was on leave from my assignment in Dubai. Over the next seven years we didn’t see each other often, but we got together whenever we could.
A Decade of Fellow Travelers
By Kevin Newbury
The Fellow Travelers opera is based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel, a powerful gay love story set against the backdrop of the McCarthy-era Lavender Scare.
Finding Hope in Minneapolis
By Jamie Valentino
Perhaps I was naïve to think the risk of a natural disaster could make the federal government pretend it still held any regard for human life.
An Iconoclast in the Gay Community
By Scott Holleran
As I came out and years went by, I learned that romantic realism as an approach to life is marginalized in gay culture by cavalier bitterness, sarcasm, scorn, and regret.
The Village That Sustained Us
By Geoffrey Newman
My closest friend, partner, husband—someone I care for deeply—has struggled with heart disease for many years. We’ve been together for more than five decades..
My Three Weddings
By Charles Davis
We’d been following the groundbreaking story, but I was still surprised when Mike called me at work one afternoon, saying breathlessly, “We’ve got to get down to the County Building …
Throwaway Human
By Zhana Liner
Mine is not a singular case. It’s not a one-in-a-million freak accident, easily dismissed with a simple, “Tough luck, my friend; you should play the lottery sometime.”
