Here’s My Story
HERE’S MY STORY is a new 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)
Click here to submit a proposal or an article (< 1,000 words, please) for publication. Also include a photo or two that could be included with the piece, as well as a pic of yourself and a short bio.
We will help you with editing as required.
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Trapped in Paradise
By Kristina Ebanez
I’ve left my hometown in Hawai’i three times. The first time was when I was fifteen. The second move was when I was eighteen. The last and hopefully final time was when I was twenty-six years old. Each time I left, I got asked the same question: “Why did you leave?”
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A Bear’s Life
By Wayne Hoffman
I haven’t missed a Bear Week since then. I go dancing every day, shirtless. One week every year. It recharges me when my self-confidence is running low.
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Torment in the Night
By Joseph Gorrell
The church would abandon him. And if his parents followed, they would abandon him too. He wept. He couldn’t envision a world without his family.
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How I Met My Mother Halfway
By Mary McGrath
Perhaps my sexual orientation didn’t matter after all. In the end, my mother viewed me as a person.
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Meat on the Street
By Stephen Smith
But why would I mourn the loss of that boyfriend? I’ve decided that he was not the only one in our relationship who was needy.
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Tadashi, in Pieces
By John Whittier Treat
The beautiful Japanese plate was gone and could not be restored. I put the plastic garbage bag underneath the workbench and it stayed there for years, long after Tom left me and our house as abruptly as I once had left Tadashi.
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How Dolly Parton Guided Me Out
By Brian J Kennedy
Maybe it’s a stretch to say that Dolly Parton and country music helped me come to terms with my sexuality. But I do know that once I fell in love with her music, I never tried to hide it.
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