High School

Private: 5042 – Lindy Mae

I suppose you can say I've always known I'm gay, but as a little girl it's not really that clear. For most of my childhood and while I was growing up, I was confusing how I felt about boys and how I felt about girls. I put off my feelings for girls as just a "friendship type" of love, but deep down I knew it wasn't that simple. Continue reading

Private: 5038 – Darcy Schwarzman

Putnam County, Ohio. A white, very religious (mainly Catholic), heterosexual, conservative, beer drinking, deer hunting, redneck loving, 4-wheel mudding piece of farmland stuck in the middle of northwest Ohio. It's not much, but it was home for the first 18 years of my life. By the way, I'm Darcy. Hi! Continue reading

Private: 5043 – Chelsea Plagenza

I came out to my parents over a year ago, and to myself about six years ago. It was fairly easy for me to accept who I was because since I was small, I always loved to dress up and was a big tomboy. Eventually I did wish I was a boy because I began to develop feelings for girls. I didn't entirely realize this until sixth grade 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." Continue reading

Private: 5033 – Tricia Moore

I can still remember my very first crush.

Sunflower hair, ice blue eyes, her laughter was the peal of a bell. Hannah Bell. In kindergarten I gave her all my snacks. I purposely got pudding – vanilla, not chocolate – just for her. I carried her books and played with

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Private: 5032 – Rosita Herrera

My name is Rosita Herrera, I'm 18 years old and I was born and raised in Oakland, California. I lived there my whole life until last year, when I decided to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma to live with my mother and sister. A nice fresh start, a new school and new people. I could be anyone I wanted to be because no one knew me. Continue reading