“My feelings about girls weren’t going away, no matter how much I prayed to God. When I’d have to go to church or school, I’d be reminded I was going to go to hell for my thoughts and feelings.”
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“My feelings about girls weren’t going away, no matter how much I prayed to God. When I’d have to go to church or school, I’d be reminded I was going to go to hell for my thoughts and feelings.”
“It was an unlikely love story, if only because neither of us had ever dreamed of any other life than the one we’d each had as straight, married, small-town, hockey moms.”
“My love is not a cage. My love is about freedom. My love does not obligate you to anything, and that has been one of the biggest blessings I have received in the queer community.”
“I was at the peak of what I assumed would be the rest of my life as a young creative in Toronto. Then, I started blowing up like Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The next thing I knew, I was under the disco-ball surgical light in the operating room, counting down from ten.”
“I watched as my brother’s world fell down around him. Would what happened to him happen to me? I was terrified.”
“He said one thing to say to me when I came out. ‘I’ve always believed in Love.'”
“Kids are constantly figuring themself out, and it doesn’t get easier. They’re struggling more than you are in those moments.”
“Being rejected hurts, but not as much as it hurts to live a life that is not in alignment with your soul.”
“I had begun to move shame aside. Now, I would need to work very hard to replace it with Pride.”
“I had two young children, a boy and a girl, and lived in a small, conservative town. It was like an anvil hit me on the head.”