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Coming Out | It Is Okay To Be Gay

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I am excited to share my Coming Out story. The people in my life always seem to say that I’m “too mature” for my age. That might be true, so I just give them a smile, but in my head, … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I Am Not Coming Out As Gay

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This is my story about coming out. I am coming out, not as gay, not as a lover of Swiss chocolate, but as trans. Five months before my 17th birthday I finally understood what was different about me. Growing up … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Six Years Ago

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It’s not for the faint of heart. It needs to happen only when one is totally ready and has thought it through.

No one should ever out another person. Ever.

Six years ago I had the spiritual experience that led … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Maybe It Was My “Sheltered” Upbringing.

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I grew up in the Church. My dad was Bishop when I was 8. I’m second of nine of a typically-large LDS family, the eldest son. For years, I was the “perfect child,” in the fact that I was obedient … Read the rest here

Coming Out | My journey into recovery and self love.

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I am a 30 year old native Utahn and a member of the LGBTQ community. I was raised in an active LDS family and from a very young age I felt “different”. I recall from a young age being told … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Forget Being Gay And Focus On Other Things

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I am gay and I am currently serving a full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’ve been out in the field for a little over a year and I really struggled a few months … Read the rest here

Coming Out | To feel nothing so as not to feel anything — what a waste!

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“I still worry about what the closet might have stolen from me. I worry that I’m learning things far too late for the stakes to be negligible (they’re higher and higher all the time). I worry that I missed the … Read the rest here

Coming Out | ‘Tis the Season

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It is usually around this time of the year that we focus on giving gifts and running door to door giving out homemade treats to our neighbors. I remember this month for something equally special to me. In addition to … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I needed to prove to God that I wasn’t gay.

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My coming out story should have started around the time I realized I was gay. From my memory that would have been early in my college years, likely when I was around 21 years old. I distinctly recall finally recognizing … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I think I am seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

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I am gay and I come from an extremely strict, LDS family based in South East-Asia. I was planning to go to London for University after secondary graduation, but unfortunately things didn’t go as planned when my family found out … Read the rest here

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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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6 hours ago

When Dodgers outfielder #12 Glenn Burke (1952–1995) raised his hand to congratulate Dusty Baker on his 30th home run on October 2, 1977, Baker slapped it. Burke then hit a home run himself, and Baker returned the gesture.

The duo are widely credited with introducing the high five. Yes, the same high-five we give today.

Burke was gay, and several teammates knew it long before the public did. In later interviews he said Dodgers executive Al Campanis offered him money to marry a woman, an offer he refused. In May 1978, the Dodgers traded him to the Oakland A’s.

Campanis denied that the trade had anything to do with Burke’s sexuality, but Baker later recalled asking the team’s trainer why Burke had been sent away and he was told, “They don’t want any gays on the team.”

Burke left the A’s in 1979 for treatment of a neck injury. He returned the following spring, suffered a knee injury and was sent to the minors in Ogden, Utah, where he quit professional baseball at 27. “It was more important to be myself than a baseball player,” he explained.

Glenn came out publicly in 1982 through an interview in Inside Sports. Outside professional baseball, he played in San Francisco’s gay softball leagues and competed in the Gay Games. His life was later mired with addiction and homelessness. He died of AIDS complications in 1995, at 42.

The Glenn Burke Wellness Clinic at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center was founded in his honor. In June 2026, the Dodgers unveiled a permanent stadium tribute honoring Glenn Burke and Billy Bean.

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, a time to recognize the people who fought for our rights, shaped our culture and made life better for queer communities—including those whose stories are rarely told.
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“Tuckshop” and “grab-and-go” on the same sign?? Please consult the gays before sending anything to print. 😂

I thought “TuckShop” was a drag show and “Sweet Treats” was the hostess. 💅

#GoUtah
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"It's okay to be gay, just don't act on it."

They say it soft, like Sunday School teachers breaking bad news gently, like they're doing you a favor by letting you exist. But it's never kindness—it's control with a smile.

They want you half-alive, present but not touching, visible but not loving. “It’s okay to be gay, as long as you don’t do gay things.” Be who we need, they say, not who you are.

Tell a straight person they can be straight but never act on it and watch them laugh—then wait until they realize that's exactly what they asked of you. And in those few moments of clarity they realize how foolish they sound.

They call it love.
You know it’s a cage.
Now they know too.
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