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I Didn’t Know I Was Queer Until I Was 30. I Wish I’d Known That Was OK

I Didn’t Know I Was Queer Until I Was 30. I Wish I’d Known That Was OK

If there’s one thing I thought was 100 percent true about me, it was that I was straight. So when I started questioning whether I was bisexual in my early 30s, things started to get confusing, fast. I thought everyone

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Growing Up, I Struggled With My Sexual Orientation And Not Having Anyone To Talk To Didn’t Help

Growing Up, I Struggled With My Sexual Orientation And Not Having Anyone To Talk To Didn’t Help

My mother, when I was in the seventh grade, once pulled my leg saying that if I ever had a boyfriend, she would send me to boarding school. She didn’t say that if I was in a ‘relationship‘ or ‘with

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A Journey of Self-Discovery

A Journey of Self-Discovery

“My family’s philosophy has always been: Be yourself. If people aren’t okay with that then it is their problem, not yours,” Iris said. Iris first began exploring the meaning of gender and sexuality in middle school. “I didn’t feel comfortable

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Finding Me: Discovering My Transgender Identity

Finding Me: Discovering My Transgender Identity

There have been many moments in my life when I have questioned if I am lovable. My belief about what being lovable looked like began when I was a toddler and realized I'd much rather play with the boys than

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