http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTzxGQyZOU WHEN JONI CHRISTIAN was a little boy, she prayed every day that God would change her into a girl. The Ursuline High School graduate got her wish with...
Ok, my story...hm. I'm middle-aged, in a small town in the south. Only a couple of people know I'm gay. My family has always known so that part of my life is fine. Where I got into trouble was...
I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, in a very religious family. I was taught very early on about how homosexuals were a perversion to be eliminated, or at the very least, to be put in a mental...
Sidney Andrews’ compelling memoir, A Fall to New Heights, is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Her true story shatters social barriers and misconceptions, a shining beacon of hope for...
Authored by Diane Koziol Krueger Edited by Rosemary Sneeringer This isn't a story about being gay, but rather a story of self-love and how being gay was the catalyst to my personal growth of...
Anthony Sebastian was the name I was given. In Latin, it means; "Praiseworthy". In Greek, it means; "Flourishing". Sebastian, In Latin, it means; "Revered" In Greek, it means;...
Coming Out wasn’t easy for me but it was entirely obvious since I was a little girl. I was forced to grow up, and set an example for my younger brother. I remember my innocent self as a child when...
My Norman Rockwell childhood was anything but that. Once you stepped inside the painting. It was a life of clashes and violence with a mother so indoctrinated in conservatism. My relationship with...
I am no one special. I am just a 38 year old divorced mother of 2 who lives in a small town in MS. I am not a writer but I have something to say and I only hope that you can sense how sincere and...
My coming out story has two parts. I tried coming out for the first time when I was thirteen and then again when I was sixteen. At thirteen when I tried to tell my mom I learned how upset it...
Set yourself free. You're more than worth it!
My coming out story starts with my partner of 9 years deciding it was time to come out to her family. She had been reading coming out stories on the internet and it prompted her to take action....
I didn't really come out until my 30s. Once I did, I could look back and see that despite my efforts to conform, there were many times when I had a very clear picture of who I was, including my...
There were significant moments all through growing up that led to an interest in women for me. There was a strange curiosity about the adult women, changing after a swimming lesson, which I...
As a young girl, I had subtle clues about my attraction to other girls. Yet in my teens, I dated guys and even was married for a short time in my twenties. But there was just something that didn't...
I came out the second time to the world after my partner left me. We had led a pretty closeted life so when she left I had no idea what to do. A friend mentioned Affirmations so I called and was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LTzxGQyZOU
WHEN JONI CHRISTIAN was a little boy, she prayed every day that God would change her into a girl.
The Ursuline High School graduate got her wish with the help of hormone therapy and surgery at age 26. This November marked a milestone for Christian: 36 years as a woman, 10 years longer than she was a male.
The process of gender reassignment, although a seemingly radical transformation, was Christian's salvation, despite the ridicule, sarcasm and shunning she experienced when she returned to the life she once lived as a
man.
Ok, my story...hm. I'm middle-aged, in a small town in the south. Only a couple of people know I'm gay. My family has always known so that part of my life is fine. Where I got into trouble was joining this church, and had no idea how they felt about us. Never heard mention of the subject until after I had been going there for nearly two years. That's when a change was made from the main branch of my denomination. They have made an ammendment saying that we have to accept gays in all things now, includinng ordination.
I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, in a very religious family. I was taught very early on about how homosexuals were a perversion to be eliminated, or at the very least, to be put in a mental institution in order to keep the rest of society safe. Even with all the talk of love and equality during that time in history, I was very aware of the hatred that seemed to pervade the populace regarding homosexuals. I’d heard the stories of gays being beaten to the point of hospitalization or worse. I’d seen the hatred on the faces of those around me regarding gays, and even had to participate to some degree in that (even though it made me sick to my stomach) just so I wouldn’t be singled out as being gay or being a gay sympathizer, and risking bodily injury myself.
Sidney Andrews’ compelling memoir, A Fall to New Heights, is a testament to the power of the human spirit. Her true story shatters social barriers and misconceptions, a shining beacon of hope for all those who have ever been targeted for being different.
In a tale that begins in 1973, Sidney – a wife of fifteen years and a mother to three children – is living what many would call a picture-perfect life. Within a year, however, her life unraveled at the seams when she found herself ungrounded by her non-traditional and new-found love for another woman. What follows is a journey of self-discovery towards love and spirituality – a journey marked by discrimination, misunderstanding and pain that would eventually give way to acceptance, faith and inner peace.
Authored by Diane Koziol Krueger
Edited by Rosemary Sneeringer
This isn't a story about being gay, but rather a story of self-love and how being gay was the catalyst to my personal growth of moving from fear of everything, including myself, to love of life and self. This collection of vignettes proves that living an authentic self-accepting life is so much easier and joy-FULL.
Everyone is beautiful.
Anthony Sebastian was the name I was given.
In Latin, it means; "Praiseworthy".
In Greek, it means; "Flourishing".
Sebastian, In Latin, it means; "Revered"
In Greek, it means; "Venerable"
Sure, you might think "...Who is he to say that life is difficult for gay people? How can HE even know what I am going through or have gone through?..."
Read more: Anthony Sebastian Abrahamsen, Gay & Iranian. It truly gets better!
Coming Out wasn’t easy for me but it was entirely obvious since I was a little girl. I was forced to grow up, and set an example for my younger brother. I remember my innocent self as a child when I was five years old, thinking kissing girls was “normal, not until I went into Middle school did I realize I had these feelings for girls that I felt like it was not normal.
My Norman Rockwell childhood was anything but that. Once you stepped inside the painting. It was a life of clashes and violence with a mother so indoctrinated in conservatism. My relationship with my mother ended in divorce.
From the bible belt of the Tennessee hills to the Hollywood hills, Nob hill, and Capital hill, this is my tell all odyssey of the underworld and Washington Elite.