Trans Is: Elliott Grace’s Story

My name is Elliott Grace, and I am a homeschool alumni.

I am Non-Binary Trans, and this is my coming out.

This is probably one of the hardest things I’ve written up to this point.

How the Daughter of a Focus on the Family Executive Came Out as Gay

God has given me beauty for ashes and is continuing to be true to His promise and make all things new and beautiful in His time.

I Fell in Love with My Best Friend: Achsah’s Story

“When we stripped away those rules and took off the masks, I found that I could finally breathe.”

Dear Big Sister: E’s Story

“We were always together, every day, every hour. Sometimes I wonder if that togetherness is what hurt you.”

The Invisible B: Faith Beauchemin’s Story

“Being bisexual is freedom, and it is invisibility. I flip-flop between calling myself bisexual and pansexual. Bi is the word everyone knows. Pansexual doesn’t leave anyone out.”

I Don’t Want To Be The Girl Who Ruined Her Parents’ Lives: Deborah

“It is just so, so much pain and anguish. I don’t want to be ‘the girl who ruined her parents’ lives just so she could ruin her own’ to the whole home-school community in the area. I wish I could make them see the truth of how much my life sucks less since I am honest with others and myself about who I love.”

Coming Out: Kierstyn King

“I’m bisexual. It took me a long time to admit to myself due years of repressing my sexuality growing up, years of feeling guilty because I wasn’t completely straight – but I embrace it now, I love this about me, and it’s so freeing to be open about it.”

Growing Up Gay Is Like Growing Up In A Warzone: Andrew Roblyer

“I realized that I can’t blame ‘homeschooling’ for the majority of my struggle in coming to accept and love the person that I am. What I can do is explore the ways that my experience as a homeschooler accentuated that struggle. In the end, I hope that this piece will outline some of the challenges homeschooling brings for people like me.”