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Hi, I’m McKay

Posted 4 years ago Tagged Allies Friends LGBTQ ally Mormon LGBTQ

Hi, I’m McKay, and like many of you, I was raised believing homosexuality was “wrong”, “sinful”, and “unnatural.”  I had heard and parroted all sorts of well-intentioned yet incredibly harmful phrases like “hate the sin, love the sinner.”

I … Read the rest here

Latter Gay Stories
Latter Gay Stories

Latter Gay Stories

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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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19 hours ago

“Ban Lettuce!” —coming to a Republican legislature near you.

What a time to be alive.

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We always seem to get the boldest criticism from the type of guy whose profile picture is a bald eagle he downloaded from Google Images. 😂😂

Facebook should really add a warning label:

“This opinion was posted by an account with 7 friends and an insecure person hiding behind a keyboard.”

Imagine spending more time creating a fake social media profile than you did researching the opinion you’re about to share. 😂😂
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Andry Hernández Romero grew up in a small town in Venezuela where he spent years helping with a local Three Kings festival. He designed costumes, applied makeup, acted in performances, and became known for making people look and feel their best. His crown tattoos weren’t gang symbols. They were a tribute to the festival he had been part of since he was a little boy.

But Andry says being openly gay made it impossible for him to live safely in Venezuela. He left behind his parents, his younger brother, his friends, and the life he had built, hoping the United States would be a place where he could finally live openly without fear.

He didn’t sneak across the border. He waited months for an appointment through the CBP One program, the process the U.S. government created for people seeking asylum. When his appointment arrived, he presented himself at a U.S. port of entry exactly as instructed to begin the asylum process.

Instead, he was detained. U.S. authorities alleged he was connected to a Venezuelan gang, an accusation he has consistently denied. His attorneys argued that the crown tattoos on his wrists—cited as evidence against him—weren’t gang symbols at all. They were tributes to his parents and to the Three Kings festival that had been part of his life since childhood.

He was ultimately sent to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, where he spent 125 days. A photo taken inside the prison captured him pleading, “I’m gay,” as guards shaved his head. His legal team has since alleged he was sexually assaulted while in custody.

Today, Andry is living in Spain, where he has applied for asylum again. After everything he experienced, he said he no longer felt safe returning to Venezuela and chose to rebuild his life there. In one of his first interviews after his release, he summed up what he’d been searching for all along in four simple words:

“I feel safe here.”

Whatever your politics, there is something profoundly human about his story. Before he started showing up in the headlines, he was just a gay man looking for a place where he could live openly without fear. It was that simple.

We often think LGBTQ stories are about parades, rainbow flags, or public debates.

Sometimes they’re about something much simpler. Sometimes it’s about analyzing the risks, making the sacrifices, taking the steps, and finding the place where you finally feel safe.
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