It's hard to shape my coming out as one thing. I've come out to myself, my family, my friends, the public. It's easy to reduce coming out to one defining moment, but it really is a process, an ongoing story. However, each of these steps is its own story, and coming...

I am a queer femme. I don’t fit the stereotypical “queer look.” As a result, I feel like I come out all of the time in a lot of ways. Passing as straight can come as a privilege, especially when traveling, but the erasure of constantly having to tell folks that I am...

I began my "coming out" process when I arrived to University, self-proclaiming that "I think girls are hot" after making out with one at a high school party. I began searching for women I felt attracted to and landed on much of the women's basketball team (lol),...

When did you know you were gay? That question is so familiar yet broad. When does one know they are attracted to anyone let alone the same sex when they are merely a child? I recall having a “boyfriend” as young as kindergarten. Society romanticizing the...

When I was 15, I was struggling with depression and anxiety... (still am!) It got so bad that my mom put me in treatment. I was there for 6 months. I did a lot of learning there, and a lot of self-work. My main goal was just to be happy and feel like I could do life...