All my life I was raised by a woman and a woman. It always seemed normal to me until I started school. Teachers would ask me about my dad and I didn’t know what to tell them.…
40% of homeless teens identify as LGBT, and I give a damn about that.
I am a straight Christian ally, but that didn’t happen over night. I grew up being taught that “love…
When the holiday just for moms rolls around, I can’t help but think back to my first one in 1990. Harry was just six weeks old. Their* dad and I tucked them into a red baby carriage…
The first time I saw my only child Harry was a quarter century ago when the surgical nurses who assisted the doctor perform what I call my triple E-section held him out for …
My parents moved me to a mid-western cattle ranch as a pre-teenager. My coming of age was rather bumpy, due to the fact that I’m gay. I was so uninformed, so sheltered…
It was another day at the True Colors Fund. The Give A Damn team and I were discussing our cleverly planned joke for April Fools’ Day, and how we’re announcing the new …
I actually found this amazing site through an interview with Idina Menzel (I’m really into Broadway and such). I really like the musical Rent, and one of the songs…
Does anyone ever feel like your parents tell you they accept you, but then act as if they don’t? Well, welcome to the club.
I’m an asexual teen that cannot …
In my 35 years of marriage, I have experienced miscarriage, job changes, unfair accusations against my husband, a child in legal trouble. But I never ever expected to discover…
This is not a story. I believe that all living beings deserve equality. I believe with all of my heart that since we, as humans which are said to be of the highest intelligence,…
