“Lyrical, charismatic and fiercely political”: Legend of poet Essex Hemphill remains relevant
Let’s take a look back at one of the most iconic Black LGBTQ folks out there ahead of this year’s recognition of LGBTQ History Month…
“Other kids seemed to know more about me than I knew about myself.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Darren grew up in the Newport Beach, Calif. area with his mother after she and his father divorced. He described the area as…
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30 years in the closet: Life coach lights path to self discovery
David Harborne began his project, Secret Gay Men, just over a year ago after a near 30-year experience of his own. “I specialize in coaching…
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“I started to see there were other people like me. I’m not alone anymore.”
“If you feel different, talk to somebody you can trust because at least then it comes out and you're expressing yourself a bit more. I've missed out a huge number of years and I wouldn't want anybody else to do that.”
“I just came out publicly for the first time and you want me to do it again?”
Pronouns: He/Him/His James first identified himself as a gay man when he was 16 years old, though he knew he’s been different since 7. “While…
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“I was lucky to have an older sibling that came out before me.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Anthony’s relationship with his family was complicated — not so much by my being gay, but by other issues. He coins himself as lucky…
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“I push to educate people and make sure we have a society that’s more accepting for people to come out.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Local Wisconsin politician Aaron Wojciechowski had unspoken love and support with his entire family growing up. “I never grew up in a homophobic…
“Our relationship has been virtually nonexistent ever since.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Art Smith grew up in New Jersey, just a short distance from the Big Apple, in the ‘60s and ‘70s. “I was active…
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“Well, what are you then?”
Spoiler alert, I still don't know. Pronouns: She/They It was a pretty typical childhood for me: playing with neighbors, running around the neighborhood and eventually…
“A psychologist asked me if I liked men or women, and I didn’t have an answer.”
Pronouns: He/Him/His Kev grew up in a moderately small city as an only child to a single mother in a Catholic household; his father left…
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Come (Out) as You Are 