Dear Unsealers,

I am on the verge of the first anniversary of going no-contact with the majority of my fundamentalist, conservative, evangelical, queer- and transphobic biological family. It hasn’t been smooth sailing. It is lonely when something happens and all you want to do is put your head in your mother’s lap as she plays with your hair…read more

Dear Queer Religious Teenage Self,

You don’t remember this, but you once told Mom that you liked girls at a young age. The reason that you don’t remember realizing that you are queer at such a tender age is that your parents are pastor’s kids and Pentecostals. Their reaction to this information about you led to prayer and fasting. You learned…read more