My first LGBTQ+ Pride Parade was 25 years ago. I'm still healing from the aftermath.
The Summer of 1999 was my first Parade, my first romance, and my first confrontation with homophobia.
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Everything in me is shutting down.
I’m well acquainted with this autonomic fear response: one I’ve come to hate for my entire adult life. It’s warning …
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