New in Here’s My Story column: “Finding ‘Following Orlando’” by dancer Kyle Gerry. It’s part love letter to Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and part reflection on turning feelings into art.

Read Gerry’s full story here: glreview.org/finding-foll...

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Discovering who you are often means unlearning the binary boxes you were handed. In this week’s #HeresMyStory, @paganemir.bsky.social shares his path from a #Catholic missionary retreat to a straight-seeming marriage and living freely in #SanFrancisco: glreview.org/im-bi-actually

“I’m gay.” With those two words, Andy Barrow ended his marriage and started his life over, at age 36. In our latest #HeresMyStory column, he explores internalized homophobia and the terrifying, beautiful joy of finally being yourself: glreview.org/coming-out-at-36

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Back in 1964, dropping a nickel into a subway restroom door unlocked a secret side of #NYC. For our latest #HeresMyStory, art curator & adult filmmaker @philtarley.bsky.social takes us to the ”subways of Manhattan ... the best class in the world”: glreview.org/underground-sex-in-the-new-york-subway

“This time, the words belonged to me. They didn’t arrive through someone else’s voice... They arrived because I brought them there.” In our latest #HeresMyStory essay, Saurabh Anand writes about being outed and choosing to claim your truth: glreview.org/i-came-out-twice-the-second-time-i-chose-it

Growing up gay in the 1950s meant hiding who you were. Decades later, Greg Owen Grant looks back at childhood bullying, the #LavenderScare, and the unexpected kindness that helped him step into his truth.

New #HeresMyStory here: glreview.org/memories-of-the-eisenhower-administration/