Anonymous

Private: 5040 – Jay B.

I live in El Salvador, a tiny country in Central America, with a very close-minded Catholic society. I had always judged gay people, because that is what everyone teaches you to do here. However, looking back, the pictures show I have always been a 'tomboy'. This is why I don't blame my classmates that much Continue reading

Private: 5044 – Anonymous

Looking back on my life I'm conflicted on the subject of my sexuality. I grew up in a culture where there is only straight, or rather heterosexual, and being completely immersed in a lifestyle that's so tight-knit and feels so everlasting, I didn't ever think to deny such a "fact." With this mentalit Continue reading

Private: 5031 – Anonymous

I grew up on the Lower East Side – I'm 26 now so anyone who's from around here can imagine what the LES looked like back then. I came out when I was 12. My "first experience," I guess, was getting raped by my dad's best friend's daughter. Continue reading

Private: 5039 – Anonymous

I was born in Mexico, in a very culturally traditional and religious Mexican family and environment. The basic values in my family, as in many places in Mexico, are family, love, friends, life, having children and being married. It is very driven by the traditional concept of how to live life, very religious and strict. At age five, Continue reading

Private: 5021 – “L” of Things Lesbians Think

It all started with an episode of The OC. No seriously, it did. Let me give you a little background to this story: I was obsessed with The OC and horribly infatuated with Seth Cohen, played by Adam Brody. Season One was great, the characters and storylines were very alluring to me, so of course, I came back to watch when Continue reading

Private: 5022 – “A” of Things Lesbians Think

It started at an early age – earlier than I can even remember. I was always the friend that "had your back." I was always known to be overprotective, needing a full background on someone if they were going to get close to anybody I knew, mainly girls. In high school, I knew everyone – none of the stereotypes fit my friend Continue reading

Private: 5026 – Anonymous

My name is J—, I'm just 16, and I have been interested in girls since I was 14. About six months after first noticing my attraction I went on a skiing holiday with my school, and everybody in my dorm (about three close friends and myself) was talking about who they fancied. Continue reading

5017 – Anonymous

I grew up in a very Catholic home, went to Catholic school and religiously went to Mass every Sunday. I knew there was such a thing as being gay due to the fact that many of my mother's good friends were gay, but as a child, I thought being gay only happened among men and that was it. Continue reading