My dad was an engineer for a federal contractor and my mom was a homemaker. We ended up having to move around a lot, but eventually...

Growing up, I always felt that I was a bit different. I was fascinated by other girls—their outfits, their beauty, their spirit...

Tim Han, my mentor and savior, taught me that “Our mess is our message.” So, I guess I have a big message because my life has sure been a...

When I was growing up, the world of the LGBT community was almost strictly for homosexuals, and the idea of being transgender was taboo...

When I accepted myself as a lesbian, I was in my 30s, married to a man for 10 years, and had two children. It was the first time I had...

In 1999, my parents faced some financial struggles, so Grammy and Grandpa opened the door to us. It was just like the weekends we...

For years after I came out, I identified as a lesbian, but over time I came to realize that I was bisexual. The time I spent with men...

When I was born, I was assigned male. I grew up in a conservative, Christian suburb of Chicago, Illinois in the 1970s. In those Triassic...

Loud voices painted the walls of my family’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We shared laughter and home-cooked meals at our large...

Remember that episode of The Simpsons when Bart divorces his parents? He moves into a wicked loft-style apartment with what little...

I was always considered a weird kid, which didn’t sit well with my Jewish parents who desperately wanted everything in life to be “normal..

I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...

I’m a native New Yorker of the Upper East Side, born in January of 1956. My parents gave me a lot of freedom, and I took advantage...

It’s strange for me to look back on my old self, old photos, and old clothing. It’s like looking at someone else’s life that you’ve been...

Sometimes being yourself is not easy, not at all. It took quite a while for me to be open with myself, to admit that I was attracted to...

I don’t want to hide who I am. I have never been ashamed of what I was, or how I wanted to live my life. The only thing I have ever been...