Personal Stories
My partner Bill and I have been together for 27 years. We have two precious kids, both of whom we adopted at birth. Emily is 11 and Adam is 8. Our family life is ordinary and perfect. We play together, work together, and worship together. We share each other's joys, sorrows, talents, and...
For most students, the four-year high school experience is filled with a little bit of studying and quite a bit of partying and dating. For me, a politics junkie, an unapologetic nerd, a committed student, and an out bisexual, the experience was a little bit different. Partying has never really...
It was a simple, spontaneous moment. And, to me, it was momentous.
As I hunched in the front flowerbed to pull weeds, I caught a glance of my next-door neighbor. "Looking good over there," she called out from her front porch, where she tended her own well-manicured planters. "Well thank...
At first glance, we may not appear to be a couple who would be concerned with marriage equality. However, as individuals who have both loved partners of the same sex, our "heterosexual" marriage is actually that of two bisexual people. Because of this, we are attentive to the differences in...
Barbara Helmick and Tiana Robison never thought much about having a wedding. They are domestic partners in Washington DC, where they live, and have been in a committed relationship for almost 20 years.
But just before their annual morel-hunting trip to Barbara's hometown of Columbus...
I have 2 sons, Ian, 15 and Alec, 18, and a daughter, Emily, 17. I came out to them 2 years ago. They have been so supportive. They have no shame telling people their mom is gay. I’ve learned a lot about strength from them. I used to wonder why God would put me here--a lesbian in such a...
