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Growing Up Black

By : Angie Williams June 8, 2020 Comments Off

For the past several days I’ve been receiving emails from different groups condemning the murder of George Floyd. Like many of you, I’m angry, I’m frustrated, I’m exhausted. But not just because of George Floyd, or Breonna Taylor or Ahmaud Arbery. I’m exhausted because of the

I didn’t come out. Gay just happened.

By : Angie Williams May 19, 2020 01 Comment

Why I never really came out in the traditional sense. Trigger warning: this article discusses substance abuse, mental health and suicidal ideation. If you asked me to describe my life from ages 15 to 23, I’d tell you that those were the worst eight years of

You Can’t Sit with Us

By : Angie Williams May 19, 2020 Comments Off

Not checking a box left me on my own gay island In seventh grade, I learned a new word: Bisexual. “What’s that mean?” I asked. “It’s when you like both boys and girls,” one of my friends said. There wasn’t just one, but two girls in

North of Oblivion

By : Angie Williams May 18, 2020 Comments Off

How my depression led me to want to die and why it didn’t happen. Trigger warning: this article discusses depression, mental health and suicidal ideation. “I’m sorry, but I can’t do this anymore.” That was it. That was the note. It was 2005 and I’d decided