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Communication And Default Expectations

By : Sequoia Beaver August 2, 2020 Comments Off

Being in only about one significant romantic relationship for my whole life, I had never explored whether or not I was possibly anything other than straight. I was fortunate enough that I didn’t face any familial pressure on the subject either way. Even though most of

Finding Myself

By : Ethan Jacobs June 8, 2020 Comments Off

The time had finally come and I was headed to college; I was ecstatic. I’d waited years for this moment. College would be my chance to start over, to make new friends, to find a second home, to form a new identity. It would be a

How I Found Queer Community Abroad

By : Kieran Byrne May 22, 2020 Comments Off

I spent my junior year of college studying at a university in Aix-en-Provence, in the south of France. I was ready to face the typical study-abroad type things everyone deals with: speaking a foreign language every day, making new friends, learning to navigate a new school