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Oct 11, 2022
2 min

BOB : HOW KAREN LED ME OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH KINDNESS pt 2

2/2 “Karen Hughes is a woman I was working with. She was a lesbian. We worked at a video store and I would do all the displays. I was so...

Oct 11, 2022
2 min

BOB : HOW KAREN LED ME OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH KINDNESS pt 1

1/2 “Billy Baldwin had released two movies back to back: he had a little indie film called ‘Three Of Hearts’ and a big movie called...

Sep 12, 2022
2 min

BONNIE : COMING CLEAN pt 8

8/8 "I spent the first 22 years of my life growing up in Texas, in that religious environment, with people just trying to be good people....

Sep 11, 2022
2 min

BONNIE : COMING CLEAN pt 7

7/8 "As an adult with my religious upbringing, 95% of the time I am in a room with people who did not have that. I remember being in...

Sep 10, 2022
1 min

BONNIE : COMING CLEAN pt 6

6/8 "Being honest with people -- that's brought me a deeper connection in my life. Being married to Kim for 23 years has deeply supported...

Sep 9, 2022
2 min

BONNIE : COMING CLEAN pt 5

5/8 "I was raised in the Bible Belt in Dallas, Texas for the first 22 years of my life. I went to church 13,720 times. I went Sunday...

Sep 6, 2022
2 min

BONNIE : COMING CLEAN pt 2

2/8 "My parents are very religious and had a huge issue with homosexuality. It had been so ingrained in me from birth and for 25 years of...

Aug 1, 2022
1 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 8

8/8 An unbelievable full circle moment happened for me in 2011. After striking up a friendship with Jane Wiedlin years prior, I was...

Jul 29, 2022
2 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 5

5/8 When I lifted my head, my shoulders went back and I saw people and the world around me. I would see people smile at me as they pass....

Jul 28, 2022
2 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 4

4/8 No matter where I went, I would walk with my head down, shoulders slumped, and face staring at the ground. I walked miles just...

Jul 27, 2022
1 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 3

3/8 In 7th grade, a girl named Tina loved to call me Tinkerbell. She would snarl it at me and was so proud of herself each time because...

Jul 26, 2022
2 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 2

2/8 From the moment I set foot on campus to the minute I left, I was in fight or flight. I didn’t really have any friends. No one to...

Jul 25, 2022
1 min

BOB : CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE pt 1

1/8 The exercise was to write down the names of two people you WANT to sit by and one person you DON’T. The one person they almost...

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