Unity Pride 2020 – Online LGBTQ+ Event
Coronavirus has sadly caused many prides if not all prides in 2020 to be canceled, which has left the LGBTQI+ community without a key part of their lives. Without a safe space free of judgement or discrimination, the LGBTQI+ community has created their own...
Rose Montoya’s Coming Out Story
I didn’t grow up knowing about the LGBTQ+ community. For the longest time I thought the terms queer and gay were words used to belittle effeminate males. I didn’t know the word transgender until I was a teenager. It took me a long time to figure myself out and feel...
Emma Wondra’s Coming Out Story
Many individuals don’t or aren’t able to come out for grand reasons like their safety and survival. So, before I get into my own story, I want to acknowledge my privilege in having a coming out story and being able to tell it. I went to a Catholic K-8 private school...
Hawwaa Ibrahim’s Coming Out Story
When I was younger, I never really paid much attention to my attraction to other people. It wasn’t until I was older; 15 or 16, that I found a liking to girls. However, I never really gave it much thought. I had the mindset that if I had clear feelings for someone,...
Thorn Vineyard’s Coming Out Story
I came out as trans non-binary when I was 22. I’ve always knew something just wasn’t right, but I could never really put my finger on what exactly that was. I come from a small village in The Netherlands. It was quite a conservative place to grow up, and I did not...
Kirstie Pike’s Coming Out Story
Hello! I was originally born in Tennessee but have moved around my entire life from the early age of 17 years old. In the deep south there is a lot of animosity towards the LGBT community still to this day. At an early age I was very much a tomboy with the way I...
Garnet Rubio’s Coming Out Story
I am fortunate to be able to say this story is mine. I had struggled with my gender identity my entire life. I remember looking in the mirror when I was 5 years old with absolute disgust. Can you imagine that? While all the other boys were outside playing, I was...
Christine Diaz’s Coming Out Story
I am a first generation only child. My dad is Mexican and pretty old school and traditional. My mom is Peruvian and Chinese and has her old traditions and culture she goes by. Both of them were pretty strict with me but I must admit, being an only child but growing in...
Rikki Grant’s Coming Out Story
My name is Rikki Grant and this is my coming out story. I remember identifying with being bisexual at around 13 years old. It was difficult because though being bisexual was common at my middle school, most of my friends were heterosexual. All my female friends at the...
Melissa Jeltema’s Coming Out Story
My coming out story and really coming to terms and feeling comfortable with my sexuality happened years apart from each other. I grew up in a very religious and conservative area. My grandpa was a pastor, my family went to church every Sunday, and I went to a private...
Coming Out Genderfluid
Identifying as genderfluid comes under the non-binary umbrella. Like their non-binary relatives, gender is not black and white. It’s simply a colourful exploration of their true selves. To identify as genderfluid, it’s the concept that gender identity is not fix. This basically means those who identify as genderfluid don’t identify with a fixed gender.
They can appear masculine, feminine or neutral and still be fabulous.