My mom tried to pray away the gay
But not out of me. See, my mom is what you might call an evangelical in the truest sense of the word. An Okie from Chickasha, she played piano and organ for the church services. Her music studies...
View Article"So, are you gay?""I ... don't know."
"National Coming Out day is not about my story. It is not about all of the stories that you've heard today. National Coming Out day is for all those kids out there- and quite a few adults, to be sure-...
View ArticleComing Out Day: Now I'm Scared
I know I already wrote a diary for rserven's Coming Out Day celebration thing, but I found out something after everyone had moved out to fresher postings that matters.See, I found out about what...
View ArticleMy Coming Out - Not Awful
Be gentle, this is my first diary.Since it seems to be the thing to do today, I'll tell my coming out story. It involves very little drama, but that in itself might be instructive.
View ArticleFor Coming Out Day, How I know homosexuality is not a CHOICE
This is a very personal diary and not a story I've told to many. It wasn't until the last couple of years that I told it to ANYONE. But I know from personal experience that being homosexual is not a...
View ArticleGay Thoughts from a Straight Dad on National Coming Out Day, Take Two
"More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and...
View ArticleStraight man's thoughts on friends on National Coming Out Day
This probably won't be a long diary, so apologies in advance if it's less than substantial. I have been reading all of the coming out stories on here throughout the day and it reminded me of my...
View ArticleMy NCOD diary
I was encouraged by reading all the many National Coming Out Day diaries - from lbgt folks, and also from straight supporters! My story is fairly typical of gay folk who came out in the mid-1980's -...
View ArticleComing Out is a Lifelong Process
Okay, okay. I said in a comment earlier that I'd decided to ditch my own coming out story because it had gotten too convoluted and I figured I would just latch on and comment on what others had...
View ArticleIf I could really "come out" I would
I am a lesbian. I say this publicly. I live publicly as a lesbian. So far so good.But I am in the closet.
View ArticleMy Story
I would like to applaud everyone who wrote a diary on National Coming Out Day yesterday. Some of the stories were inspiring, some were emotionally wrenching, mine is neither.But it is my hope that by...
View ArticleWGLB TV NEWS: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! (Act II)
Happy belated National Coming Out Day, which was celebrated last weekend, coinciding with the March for Equality. This year we will revisit the coming out stories we published here last year to...
View ArticleRutgers paper exploits gay suicide to push do-nothing agenda
After Tyler Clementi took his own life in the aftermath of a extraordinarily cruel act of bullying, you might think the real victim was Tyler. You might also think the young GLBT people still living...
View ArticleSharing Our Coming Out Stories
It arrives every October...like clockwork. It's National Coming Out Day. I have posted a diary as a place where people can share their stories if they wanted too three times since I became a member...
View ArticleThe Paladino Homophobic Turd Dropped Right on Coming Out Day
"...And I don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. It isn't. (APPLAUSE)"
View ArticleVisibility = Equality. Come Out, Come Out... Where ever you are!
Yes, it's Columbus day, but it's also National Coming Out Day!I have read so much in the news of tragic teen suicides, incredibly awful bullying, beatings, torture, and hideously regressive rhetoric...
View ArticleNational Coming Out Day: I Am Polyamorous
Hi, I'm Killer of Sacred Cows.I'm a 39-year-old, high-Kinsey bisexual queer. I'm a man married to another man. All of you know this. You saw my wedding when it happened in June 2008. But there's...
View ArticleThe Washington Post's false equivalence
Yesterday I wrote about the Washington Post publishing an article from Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council. The article used bogus research and made unfounded and really horrendous claims about...
View ArticleNJ-7: Support Ed Potosnak NOW! (Updated)
As a volunteer for Ed Potosnak in New Jersey's 7th Congresional District I felt bad I wasn't feeling well enough to be at campaign HQ doing phone banking today.Then I came on Daily Kos and did a search...
View ArticleCelebrating Keith Haring
Although LGBT History Month is over, there are still many individuals who need to be recognized and celebrated. Today I would like to honor and pay tribute to Keith Haring. Haring was one of the best...
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