Category: 2017 Fall – Coming Out Stories
From the Editor: Coming Out Stories
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, This issue is devoted to Coming Out Stories. I have identified as bi for more than 40...
Read MoreThe Stories I Tell, Myself
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By MB Austin When did you first know you were ___? That’s always a fun getting-to-know-you...
Read MoreStories
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
Compiled by Robyn Ochs Carla Imperial Me: (strummin’ my guitar)She: There ain’t nothin’ sexier...
Read MoreAround the World: Media Silence About Bisexual Women in Cuba:
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Around the World, Articles
By María de las Mercedes Rodríguez Puzo In 2008, Cuba celebrated its First National Day Against...
Read MoreEvolving Understandings
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By Priscilla Lee When I was 28: “Bay, I’m a little worried. It has been 5 years since you brought...
Read MoreComing Out
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By Kate Jameson As a bisexual teenager, I am currently out to three people, all of whom are among my closest friends. My friend Ezri, who is straight and has never questioned her sexuality, was so understanding when I began to...
Read MoreThey Said, I Said
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By Judith The following conversation took place in the Netherlands. Students in primary school...
Read MoreMy Coming Out Story
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By Pekky Marquez Divya It is amazing how hard it still is to talk about it after three years of...
Read MoreThe Groundhog Day of Coming Out
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By NekoFirefoxy No matter if you’re an LGBTQ+ person yourself, a relative or friend to one, or...
Read MoreTwo Flavours
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles
By Monica Meneghetti Some days start with whiskers. Some mornings, I roll over to find Sheldon’s...
Read MoreThe Salt
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles, Poetry
By Mary Rawson “Speaking of bisexuality (which we weren’t), that’s howI identify.Please pass the salt.”The salt stands rigid on the mahogany table,in its green and yellow capsule,unable to believe she has finally come out with...
Read MoreComing Out as Bisexual
Nov 1, 2017 | 2017 Fall - Coming Out Stories, Articles, Poetry
By D’Arcy L. J. White The first time I came out as bisexual to my family it didn’t takeIt’s not...
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