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VQ Comes Out: Polly Pagenhart
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VQ Comes Out: Polly Pagenhart

http://dnasab.net/dnasab/ Our last VQ Comes Out installment closes out October and LGBT History month. It’s been quite a journey, with nine different stories. We all have come out in a huge variety of ways – slowly and painfully, quick and painlessly – yet with some fascinating commonalities.   Gathering them together here […]

VQ Comes Out: Casey Carey-Brown
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VQ Comes Out: Casey Carey-Brown

Next up for VQ Comes Out – our week-long series honoring National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month – is Casey’s story.  Her voyage out of the closet involves a Christian college and tofu curry.  And, ultimately, her wife and kid. ~ The Editors [hr]   When did you come out (or how […]

VQ Comes out: Robert Shaffron
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VQ Comes out: Robert Shaffron

Next up in our VQ Comes Out series, honoring National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month: Robert’s story, in which he oozes out over the course of maybe ten years, “until there was no more in.” ~ The Editors [hr] When did you come out (or how many times, if it’s been […]

Just another lesbian and her cat.
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VQ Comes Out: Joining the Softball Team

Shannon’s story is next up in our series VQ Comes Out – coming out stories in honor of National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month.  A cat, a softball team, and a coming out coach: three things a freshly out gal can be very grateful for.  ~ The Editors [hr] When did you […]

VQ Comes Out: Deborah Goldstein
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VQ Comes Out: Deborah Goldstein

VQ Comes Out – our series of  coming out stories in honor of National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month – continues today with Deborah’s story, in which she likens coming out as a lesbian at a women’s college to delivering a baby via water birth. You read it here first.   […]

Me, out as trans to my friends but not really my family.
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VQ Comes Out: Third time’s the charm

Next up for VQ Comes Out – our series of  coming out stories in honor of National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month – is Dylan’s story.  Like C.J.’s this morning, Dylan’s coming out story has included multiple layers and several iterations.  One interesting difference? Dylan’s parents had a point where they hoped […]

This is me at 17. Out to myself, I made sure to keep my hair no shorter than shoulder length so as not to arouse any suspicion.
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VQ Comes Out: C.J. Prince

We’re running a series of our coming out stories – VQ Comes Out – in honor of National Coming Out Day (which took place last Friday) and LGBT History month. We began over the weekend with the story of Jenn, from our Instagram community. This morning we hear from C.J. Prince, who […]