This December it was six years ago I left my marriage of twenty-seven years to my now ex-husband. My life has changed in so many ways since that time. For the last four and a half years I have focused on providing support in the coming out process for women who were...
The shooting at Club Q happened in Colorado Springs this past weekend. I woke up on Sunday morning with the horror of the news. Saddened that another senseless murder has hit our community again. I laid in my wife's arms and cried. Cried that it is this...
https://youtu.be/q99RzSovgA8 Survival Plan For The Holidays! Join Barb Rowlandson and I as we give survival tips for navigating the holidays when you are coming out and/or getting divorced!Reach out to Barb if you would like to a hand-out for the event....
Below my signature line of my email I have the quote: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” It is from the poem The Summer Day by the renowned poet Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver’s poetry spoke to me long before I came out as a lesbian....
By Marissa Mitchell The word lifestyle is often used to describe what it means to be LGBTQIA+ in this world. My friend Marissa Mitchell has written a great piece that captures many of my feelings. Especially the “record scratch” moment. I first...
https://youtu.be/UIG-VJ0i3qU In this coming out journey we are required to find our courage again and again. It is not a one time static event, but something we have to chose. How can we chose to be courageous if everything we know as women tell us differently? How do...
https://youtu.be/VxbPDUuDCMM NSFW: This episode contains strong language that may be offensive to some. The current political climate is undoubtedly tough for the LGBTQIA+ community. How do we persevere in a society where so many would like to see queer people go back...
https://youtu.be/TQBvwUYNgqo Activist, scholar, mental health advocate, and The Trevor Project and WClub volunteer JJ King (they/them) is Anne-Marie's special guest on this episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories. Anne-Marie and JJ met as...
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It’s not a question a lot of women married to men think they’ll have to answer. Not many would expect to be surprised by new feelings for other women or to have to acknowledge an awakening recognition of something that might’ve been there all along. Chances are,...
At fifty I made a major life change. I wrestled with something for my entire life, taking it out of the box on my compartmentalized shelf once in awhile and then putting it away when the fear of making the necessary changes to my life became overwhelming. I went...
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https://youtu.be/KNsJa4WrQ1Q When our first LGBTQIA+ relationship ends, it can be heartbreaking. This person is not only a person we deeply cared about or love, they are also often tied to our developing queer identity. Join my wife Tonda McKay and I talk about...
https://youtu.be/psQN11tpUz0 The Global Center for Religious Research (GCRR) hosted the 2nd Annual International econference on Religious Trauma, which gathered together specialists, psychiatrists, and researchers from all over the world to discuss the causes of...
Everything seems overwhelming when we are first coming out. We are discovering so much about ourselves and how we fit into the world. At times it’s a very lonely journey. We don’t know if people will understand or if they will think we’ve made it up or are going...
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