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I Was A Creative Force Behind One Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of The '90s. Then I Watched Them Erase Me From Their Story.

"At that time, the band had broken up, and I was told they would never reunite. But that’s not what happened."
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How A Dildo Party Helped Me Leave Behind Everything I Knew And Find My Place In The World

"My sex education had consisted of a variety of lessons at church ... I had learned that losing my virginity before marriage was akin to murder."
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I Didn't Know If I Was Ready For Kids. Then I Became A Single Foster Dad At 27.

"Most of my foster parent trainings were filled with older married straight couples. It didn’t necessarily feel like my community, but I was undeterred."
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I Thought I'd Overcome My Eating Disorder. 30 Years Later, I Found Myself In Its Thrall Again.

"I wish I could say that I hated the return to a problem I thought I’d left behind 30 years earlier. But I didn’t hate it. I loved it."
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I'm Ending My Life Today. Here's What I Want You To Know Before I Go.

"I know my husband is devastated — he’s broken down a few times — but he’s trying to keep himself together because he knows that is what I want."
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My Mom's Support For Trump Divided Our Family. Then I Found The Crack In Her MAGA Armor.

"Her blindness to Trump’s white nationalist tendencies was an affront to my wife, who is a proud Latina, and angered my biracial, high-school-aged children."
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My Husband Demanded I Take His Name. 20 Years Later, He Took Me By Surprise When He Agreed To Do Something For Me.

"I had more respect for my husband in that moment than I did 20 years prior when he demanded that I take his name."
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I Worked Quite Well With My Disability. That Never Stopped Customers From Saying Wild Things To Me.

"Every day seemed to offer new surprises and things were said to me — often in the guise of 'help' — that I never thought I’d hear come out of people’s mouths."
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My College Roommate Became A Close Friend. Then I Started To Develop Feelings — And Didn't Know How To Tell Her.

"It started with us hanging out as roommates, then as friends, and then in a way I couldn’t quite name. It felt completely different than any crush I’d suffered through with a boy."
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We Saved Every Letter We Wrote To Each Other Over 60 Years. Here's What Happened When We Read Them Again.

"It’s not as if we said to each other, 'Let’s save our letters.' ... The years simply added up, as did the piles of paper, made even more precious by the passage of time and loss."
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