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Queer Living

This section provides information on specific communities, relationships and faith and spirituality.  If you still have questions, contact a peer educator!

Coming Out to Your Parents: Questions to Think About

For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth, coming out to parents is a decision with potentially life-altering consequences. While most all youth hope for their parents’ acceptance, many fear rejection.

Living

Check out stories from other queer youth who talk about their experiences.

Lesbian Living

• Vickie’s Story
• Andrea’s Story

Gay Living

• Braden’s Story
• David’s Story

Bisexual Living

• Miriam’s Story
• Shin’s Story

Transgender Living

• How Times Have Changed
• Ben’s Story
• Kael’s Story

Youth of Color

• Social Sexual Internet Networking Sites and HIV
• “It’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out, at the old ball game”: A day in the life of a young queer person of color
• Interracial Dating in the GLBTQ Community
• If you’re looking for information in Spanish, please visit our sister site www.ambientejoven.org!

Relationships

• A Little Bit About “Queer” Marriage

Dating Violence:

• It Can Happen to Anyone

Personal Stories:

• Single In A Coupled World
• Butch/Femme Relationships
• Interracial Dating

Living Positive

• HIV: Beyond the Diagnosis

Faith and Spirituality

• “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin”

Rural Living

• Benny’s Story
• Chase’s Story

Other Hot Topics

• Being an Ally
• LGBT Folks, in Sports?
• On “No Homo”
• Substance Abuse
• Gender Neutral Bathrooms