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Coming Out | All the pieces fit together

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My coming out story is a long one. It doesn’t end until I met the love of my life, and all the pieces started to fit together.  

Ever since I can remember I had been fascinated by girls. All … Read the rest here

Coming Out | My friend, Closet.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

I wanted to share my relationship with Closet, my best friend and enemy for the last 36 years. I asked Closet and he said it would be okay if I talked about us (as long as it meant I … Read the rest here

Coming Out | “We’ve taken a big step today, and it’s enough for one day…”

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

I’m an asexual/biromantic cisgender woman with a heavy preference for other women (did you catch all that!?). My partner is gender fluid and is trans masculine. We’ve been together for almost seven years now and living together for the past … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I started to fall more and more

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Many really cool things happened to me this year. I think of the best friends I have made, the whole PRIDE month experience, spending holidays with family and trying to live my best life, I couldn’t be happier with the … Read the rest here

Coming Out | And I said it again: lesbian. And again, lesbian. And again.

Posted 7 years ago Tagged

Whew, if you’re reading this, then I found the courage to hit the send button.

I have known I’ve liked girls ever since I was around 15 years old. In that time I have only become comfortable calling myself a … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I am currently a Stake President

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How is it that after months and months of planning out this letter, the moment I feel ready, I sit down to write my own words and the feelings of comfort evade me? Why now do I feel consumed with … Read the rest here

Coming Out | Those who really cared about me didn’t let my coming out stand in the way…

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Very short version of very long story. Graduated BYU totally closeted, married a woman because I felt forced to and was taught God would “fix” me if I did. It ended for other reasons. Prop 8 happened, I saw top … Read the rest here

Coming Out | They told me I will be happier in a straight relationship

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This is a first time experience for me. For some reason I had never considered sharing my story like this, but after reading so many of them, they have helped me in ways I couldn’t have realized. I guess I … Read the rest here

Coming Out | They asked me if I was a “homosexual”?

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I have been following your blog and podcast–AND THANK YOU!!!  In the 70’s I went to a psychologist and explained to him that I was unsure of coming out to my parents, especially as I was an only child.  The … Read the rest here

Coming Out | I didn’t break off our engagement. We got married.

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I’ve been gay my whole life. I’ve known it my whole life. I remember being attracted to men and boys my age way back into elementary years. I had no idea what gay was until junior high. I thought it … Read the rest here

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IN or OUT of Mormonism.

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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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