Trigger/Content Warning: Abuse, trauma, rape, cults, racism and oppression Pronouns: They/Them and We/Our They were poor and unsure when they would have food on the…
Continue reading → “It was a million different moments combined that helped us accept ourselves.”
Bake a rainbow cake with “it’s a girl” “it’s a boy” “it’s a gay” etc. Ask mom or dad to come over for help and…
Continue reading → Clever and funny ways to come out to friends and loved ones
A word from the COAYA team: As our week-long observance of National Coming Out Day is coming to an end, I would like to take…
By Drew Spicer (He/Him/His) A lot of people don’t often take the time to sit down and think to themselves what it’s like for someone…
Continue reading → The struggles of coming out and what it’s like to be accepted when you do
Happy National Coming Out Day to those of you who have been out for years, those who are just inches from the closet and to…
TW/CW: Brief mentions of suicide attempts and ideation but not into detail, gender dysphoria Pronouns: He/Him/His Drew recalls being as young as 4 years old…
Continue reading → “I’m not crazy — this is how I felt my whole life.”
By Vicki Faith I read yesterday — with much relief — that the Court of Appeal has overturned an earlier decision to ban prescription of…
Pronouns: He/Him/His or They/Them Lucian vividly recalls a game in elementary school called “Catch and Kiss ‘em.” At one point, his peers were shouting at…
Continue reading → “It felt like my whole body completely betrayed me.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Bob grew up in Philadelphia and went to a Catholic Elementary School, but didn’t start questioning his sexuality until his mid-30s. When he…
CW/TW: SA Pronouns: He/Him/His Cody grew up in a small, conservative town on the western side of Wisconsin, where his family practiced the Baptist faith…
