I just saw Milk. It was so strange how that movie mirrored everything that just happened in America.

You can win if you talk about hope, if you speak from the heart. You can win battles large or small. When I step back, the things I fight for might seem insignificant, but I know they are beacons of hope in someone's life. That's all that matters. ( Read more... )

I need to let go. Most of my life has been about fear. Fear of God, fear of the truth about myself, fear of other people finding out the truth about me ( Read more... )

I know being gay, at Lehigh, and without you means working harder for things that I want less. It's a shame that the last three years emotionally scarred us both beyond recognition. I guess I'm apologizing for being such a monster.

I can be happy, I can get to the places I want to go without you. I'm just not sure if I want to...despite those things ( Read more... )

...I hope you realize I'm not okay either.

I'M GAY
as a tennis player.

I'm sorry if you haven't figured it out yet.
I'm out...to everyone, yes, my parents.

The past month has been full of insensitive comments and shame.
I hope it gets better soon, it's not easy being out...especially here.

I think I'm going to stop being practical for once.
I miss 15 year-old kind of Jackie that had stars in her eyes and never backed down.
So I'll take the positive from that time, and reflect on how I've grown for the better.

And oh by the way, I love it here, more than I ever thought I could.

Tomorrow I, or perhaps we depending on who's reading this, graduate from high school. Maybe people are sad, but I'm not, at least sad isn't the right word ( Read more... )

I'm stuck in a rut to say the least. I just find myself so detached from everything. I'm sick of sex being more important than anything else, and being in a culture, both in a Western world kind of sense and my own community if you will, where it's held in higher esteem and talked about more than anything else in the world. It's become the thing ( Read more... )

indifference almost killed me ( Read more... )

I'm scared ( Read more... )