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This Week’s Stories.

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Sunday January 24, 2010

This Week’s Stories.

I’m From Virginia Beach, VA. “You and Aba are gay,” my son said to me. We were in the car, on the way to school. “Yes, we are,” I said. “I think I want to be gay.”

I’m From Florence, SC. Love is so weird. In the beginning, our love was so divine, exciting and full of anticipation – anticipation of the next smile, the next kiss, the next warm embrace. I can recall one evening when my girls and I were sitting in the living room, enjoying a movie. Then we heard an unexpected ramble at the back door. At first, we all were startled by the low ruffling sound. We all became extremely quiet, waiting for the next sound of a physical presence in the air. I got up and peeked through the curtains, trying to locate any ghostly image of life.

I’m From Temecula, CA. We’d met through a website, which wasn’t very strange considering Temecula doesn’t have any well-known gay establishments. Not that I would have gone to one, mind you, I was only 17. I wasn’t sure what to expect when he rolled up in his big black truck. He was in his early 20s, so I knew to expect mature. But I’d never met anyone this way before.

I’m From Mammoth, CA. In sixth grade my attraction towards girls began to shift towards guys. In high school the thoughts and feelings only got worse. They became frequent and intense. I kept myself as spiritual as I could thinking that I could somehow pray away the gay. If only I could be more faithful. If only I would pray harder, longer, and more sincerely. However it didn’t seem to do any good except make me feel worse about myself because I was doing something wrong that didn’t allow it to go away.

I’m From Tel Aviv, Israel - Video Story. Most Israelis, when they finish the Army at 21, they go and travel and experiment with a lot of drugs and for months they just go with a backpack and travel South America or Asia. And I just moved to the U.S. and started school but in the U.S. for me that was the first point I actually realized and came to conclusion and agreement with myself that I’m gay. And for me, that was my exploration, that was my ‘getting crazy’ time because up until then I got used to giving attention to females.



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