Be Heard

First of all I just want to say thank you so much to the NOH 8 Campaign! The work you do is so inspiring and needed! I struggled for a long time with my sexuality because I grew up in a conservative, Christian environment, where I was told and believed that my sexuality would cause me to go to Hell . I did not understand because I tried desperately to get rid of my attractions

As a teen mom at sixteen years old, I knew what is what like to be judged and looked at differently. Did I care? NO. I knew what had to be done: I finished high school, went to college, got the career... This story isn't about me, though.

"I think one of the strongest defenses against homophobia is visibility , and NOH 8 does an incredible job of that; their visibility is undeniable. I don't know anyone that uses the internet that hasn't seen a NOH 8 photo. It sparks a question with each new viewer- and that kind of intrigue brings people to the understanding that millions of humans are silenced

  My journey as a gay Christian , and an ordained Anglican Priest , has been an interesting and - at times - a painful one. It's been a journey of discovering who I am, and who I was created to be. As a gay Christian, it saddens me that I sit in the middle of two communities that are often at war with each other. However, I've gradually learned that I needn't be apologetic

Over twenty years ago, back in 1992, I wrote my first contemporary romance novel. In it, I included a secondary character—Kurt, the town sheriff—who was openly gay. He was funny, he was smart, he was handsome and brave—and he lived in a small town in Western Massachusetts with his partner, Michael. When I got a call from a publisher who wanted to buy my book,