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This Is My Story...

This Is My Story...

Only One Friend Supports Me
I am beginning to understand who I am for the first time in my life.I have always been attracted to girls since puberty,but I was so afraid of what my very religious friends would think so I hid myself.I went out with boys and tried to pretend like... read »

 Don't Give In
Don't give in; what ever you do, don't suppress your true feelings. Don't let anybody say that this isn't normal. What you could say to them is, "What is normal anyways? Who's to say that I'm normal and your the one who's not?" ... Well that's what... read »

 Came Out as Trans in 10th Grade
I was in the 10th grade when I finally came to the conclusion that I was transgender. It was the scariest time of my life. I wondered whether my friends were going to be OK with me. We had never really talked about the subject. I had been dressing... read »

 Mom Thinks I'm Sick
I don't know if this is the appropriate thing to write, so here goes. I just came out to my parents last month. Needless to say they didn’t take it well. I’ve been spending the last few years coming to grips with who I am and feeling okay about... read »

 My Dad Asked Me...
I have grown up in a very conservative Baptist family. I am also one of the few black people at my suburban school. I was always an outsider in school: I dressed differently, I ate different food and I had different beliefs. One day I heard about... read »
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