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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Unconditional Love
By Meredith May
Managing Edie’s stress tested the limits of our compassion and our strength as a couple, but the shared struggle has bonded us closer than had we been given an easy dog.
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This is Where My Story Begins
By Randi Triant
Somewhere along these years, I’ve made a conscious decision to keep writing stories with characters that have AIDS.
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Learning Your Own Name
By Ren Iris
Hello world! My name is Ren. I use they/them/their pronouns. These are not my “preferred” pronouns; these are my pronouns.
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The Meaning of Aunthood
By Bea Hitchman
Undeniably the gift of aunthood, made us revisit our choices about having children of our own—whatever that might come to mean.
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Out at London’s First Pride March
By David Pollak
Colored paper sheets were circulated, in the slightly blurred print of a Gestetner copier, bearing our chants, such as: “2, 4, 6, 8, is that copper really straight?”
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Memories of a Gay Boy
By Richard Bagarozy
I only imagined that all boys felt as I did when I experienced the intense and almost unsettling vision of male beauty when I fell in love with my classmate.
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Madrid, Revisited
By Ken Harvey
I used to think that romance meant a moment when time stops and all you understand is the emotion of the here and now. But what happens when you have 25 years of shared experience? How do you forget all that time?
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A Final Conversation
By Michael Cuglietta
I once fancied myself the leader of our little crew of misfits. But, looking back, I believe Jamie to be the real leader.
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