How many times have we looked back into our past and wanted a do-over? For me, one big event that I want to do-over is the coming out process. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to un-do my coming … Read the rest here
Hi, I’m Jill Mortensen. I’ve been sitting on this post for a while now, not knowing how to appropriately express the full emotional impact of this incident. It shook me to my core. But, because I have personally seen and … Read the rest here
I started wearing this rainbow heart pin to church before Covid-19 shut the doors to my church. It’s a reminder to me of never going back into the lonely dark closet I lived in most of my life. It’s also … Read the rest here
Unlike many coming out stories I have heard, I didn’t know from a young age. Maybe that’s because in my case I was still attracted to men, maybe it’s because I didn’t realize that there were feelings I felt that … Read the rest here
Can I tell you why, if a transgender person asks me to refer to them as male or female, or “they” or “them,” or asks me to call them by a name they’ve chosen rather than the name they were … Read the rest here
I am fortunate to have the opportunity to come out in today’s social environment. I cannot imagine how much more difficult it would have been to come out 40, 50 or even 10 years ago. Society has become so much … Read the rest here
My name is Richard Neal. I was born in Seattle, Washington. I come from a family of first-generation Mormons where my dad was a convert and my mom was the first member in her family a born-in-the-covenant member. There are … Read the rest here
No one knew why the Mark appeared, but everyone knew it was something to be feared.
It never mattered who the newly-Marked person was, or rather who they were before. It didn’t matter if they were the world’s most moving … Read the rest here
Hi, my name is Tyler Perry. I was born in Northern California, but I have lived in Southern California, Arizona, Idaho, Utah, and, most recently, Japan. I served my mission in the Texas Dallas Mission. I am a graduate of … Read the rest here
Thinking back to the time in life when I was closeted now seems so weird! Who was I back then? The only person people knew me as was the image I had created for them. That person wasn’t me though. … Read the rest here