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Most recently published stories in Pride.
Dia De Los Muertos
“This is your culture, you shouldn't have to do this.” my friend said as we walked down 24th street, scoping the pavement for the bright orange of marigold. I nodded as we held hands on our way through a dizzying myriad of people on a closed-off street in the Mission — what is now officially recognized by San Francisco as the Latino Cultural District. We walked long past the floral vendors who sadly informed us they had sold out, we were now surrounded by the murals, businesses, and old trees that are sources of strength for me and other Latinx & Indigenous people. We ran into friends and neighbors at a park. We sat on grass and enjoyed processions, drum and danza circles, holding candles and engulfed in the sweet scent of copal.
By Sophie Garcia4 years ago in Pride
Their Own Words – A Better Man
Their Own Words – A Better Man (Part One) When I lie beneath a clear night sky, gazing up at a million stars, my mind often goes back to when I was a kid, when I was told that each one of those stars was someone who loved us and who was now watching over us.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters4 years ago in Pride
Dark to Light, Chaos of You
When the rise comes down like a fall. The life of the many is all but unique. Screw it all most would say and just focus on you. For those where it doesn’t come easy, a rollercoaster of crazy and a struggle with yourself to consume your soul with darkness. Like characters from kingdom hearts, you lie in wait for someone to dive in to save you. For someone who is spiritually known for relying on yourself events of the past, that’s set on repeat. Constantly changing and forming your way of life until you are unable to take control of the wheel. As much as you yell and shout the darkness still has held.
By The Kind Quill4 years ago in Pride
What is Love
There’s a beautiful pond down a couple of blocks from my house. I’ve lived in this town my whole life. My best friend Tommy and I would go to the pond every winter to skate and play hockey. I love playing hockey. I played from 2nd grade all the way to high school. I got nervous in high school and never tried out for the school team. Boy do I regret that decision.
By Shawn Ross4 years ago in Pride
A Woman's Journey to Self Discovery
Talking about the subject of sexuality is not something I’m very good at because I’m used to hiding who I am; it isn’t that I’m afraid of my family, I just don’t see it as their business who I chose to be with, and for the most part, I thought I was straight. For a long time, I assumed I was heterosexual and I would grow up and do all the things that come with that, like having kids and getting married and I was prepared for that. I had a certain view on bisexuality that as I got older began to contradict themselves; I was like most people who thought that those people were just being greedy and that they were just trying to hide who they really were. Don’t get me wrong there are lots of people who use bisexuality as a shield, it’s like they think that if they say they are bisexual then they can still have somewhat of a normal life. However, they soon realize that hiding who they are is never the answer and they drop the shield and just be themselves; whether that is straight or gay it doesn’t matter just as long as you are happy and can look yourself in the eye and be ok.
By Brittney Mckinney4 years ago in Pride
An August Memory
The air was warm and wet. Lindsay felt like she could dissolve into it, baking and melting in the sun. When she first laid down in the grass it provided some cooling comfort, but as the heat from her body bled into the earth, the ground became just as warm as the air above it. A bead of sweat formed along her hairline and plummeted down her temple, getting caught in the folds of her ear. She pressed her palm to the ear, trying to disperse the droplet and ease the instant irritation it brought her.
By Natalie McC4 years ago in Pride
I feel my calling, Let It Be
As I have watched this year go by, I have been paying more attention to issues surrounding LGBTQ youth. I am paying closer attention to the mistreatment of those you who identify as gay ( I will use this term instead of LGBTQ) throughout the article. There is no malice intended, nor insults or disrespect. I am in the same community and with me having cellulitis in my eyes and eye sockets even writing this article is difficult.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee4 years ago in Pride
Girlflux: what it means, and who I am
I've never seen myself as a typical girl. When I was younger, I was very much a tomboy - I never cared for the stereotypically girly stuff, and I found my fun outside, either riding my bike or playing in the dirt. I didn't feel comfortable in skirts or dresses (I still don't), and no pink for me, thanks. I actively found enjoyment in my rejection of being a 'girly girl'.
By Mil Hodgson4 years ago in Pride
The Curious Case Of Queer Parenting In India
The Internet defines a parent as someone that begets or brings forth offspring. From birth parents, to foster parents, to single parents to gay parents interestingly for raising kids - they are all in the same boat. As a child's caregiver, all parents have the same problems, same experiences and same love to share. 27 emoticons come in the phone’s keyboard when you type the word “a mother or a father or a parent”. Our virtual graphical world includes no bars in parenting. But the situation is not so sweet in the real world. LGBT parenting refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people bringing up one or more children as parents or foster care parents. This includes children raised by same-sex couples (same-sex parenting), children raised by single LGBT parents, and children raised by an opposite-sex couple where at least one partner is LGBT. Though LGBT people can become parents through adoption, foster care, donor insemination, reciprocal IVF, and surrogacy. But unfortunately, even today LGBT parents struggle to get equal respect in society. Where 48% of LGBT women are raising a child in the United States, the inclusiveness in states of India looks like a long-lost road.
By Aditi Khandelwal4 years ago in Pride
Searching for Normal
Most people probably wouldn't choose Provo Utah as a place to live when they are Gay and have a love affair with rocks and incense. I've thought a lot about where to start my story. Should it be back when I was kid being raised in the Catholic church? Or that time I was forced out of the closet and took my family years to be like, "Oh yeah ok, that's fine." I will be going off on some tangents so just bare with me. I promise I have a point... I think... It's an adventure.
By Uncouth Meerkat4 years ago in Pride
Mel's (Amazing) Transsexual Journey Sample
By Melissa Jensen. Copyright 2020. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
By Melissa Jensen4 years ago in Pride
