I Was Outed To My Sorority — Now I’m Helping To Lead It With Pride

I Was Outed To My Sorority — Now I’m Helping To Lead It With Pride

On September 2, 2024, I got a text message that made my heart sink to my stomach. Just a week earlier, I’d entered into my first-ever relationship with another girl — someone in my sorority. It was new and a little terrifying, but also tender and exciting. We were keeping things quiet and taking it slow, not even holding hands in public. We were going to share it when we were ready, and not a minute before then. Being in your first queer relatio…

Being Outed Was Traumatic, But It Pushed Me To Accept — and Embrace — My Sexuality

June is Pride Month.As told to Nicole Audrey SpectorGrowing up, I never really thought much about what it meant to be gay, bisexual or trans. I was raised in a Catholic household, and topics of sexuality and gender identity didn’t come up one way or another. I was at some point made aware that my cousin was gay, but she was much older, and we weren’t close.I went to Catholic school and was taught that marriage was something that should exist onl…

Real Story of a Queer Woman Who Was Outed

June is Pride Month. As told to Nicole Audrey Spector Growing up, I never really thought much about what it meant to be gay, bisexual or trans. I was raised in a Catholic household, and topics of sexuality and gender identity didn’t come up one way or another. I was at some point made aware that my cousin was gay, but she was much older, and we weren’t close. I went to Catholic school and was taught that marriage was something that should exist …