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“When I came out nearly 16 years later, it shook his faith and fractured his church. But it never separated us. I wanted to
understand how. So I read his journals.”
Recommending noteworthy reads from Tim Prudente and Stokely Baksh, Rachel Aviv, Abby Tickell, Nick Zarzycki, and Andrea Sachs.
June Amelia Rose remembers coming out in her youth to a turbulent family as her mother died of cancer.
Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy — and its heroine — on the formation of her own queer identity.
Honeymooning in Cambodia, Lindsey Danis and her wife seek refuge in queer spaces, but struggle to find the acceptance granted to male travelers.
Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death.
Amber Leventry recalls how getting sober forced them to confront and reveal important truths about their identity.
Kate Walter went to Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend. She went back in 1994 with her girlfriend. She’s not going back again.
