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Name: Jay Age: 33 County of Residence: Allegheny Preferred Pronouns: they/them How do you describe your identity? white, genderqueer, queer, Mennonite, survivor with PTSD, justice worker Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? It was a slow process. I had my first girlfriend freshman year of college at […]
Name: Cheryl Age: 42 County of Residence: Allegheny, Blair Preferred Pronouns: She/Her How do you describe your identity? I am two spirited. Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? I came out in college. My friends were supportive but it was a Catholic college and there weren’t any out staff. I […]
Editor’s Note: This post contains content about adults sexually abusing children. While we completely disagree with framing such contact as consensual, we recognize that this is a lived experience for many of our contributors. Survivors make their own survival choices; I condemn the adults involved, not the children. We have included information on where to […]
Just a little note to let you know that I’ve decided to change up the schedule. From this point forward, we’ll be publishing #AMPLIFY posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. As always, we welcome you to submit your own response to our Q&A. Contributors should be 18+, identify as LGBTQ and have ties to at least […]
Name: Avery Age: 22 County of Residence: Cambria Preferred Pronouns: Him/His How do you describe your identity? I’m a bisexual man. I happen to be Latino, and I happen to also be transgender. Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? I sort of had two, I guess. I was openly […]
Name: Eileen Age: 52 County of Residence: Allegheny Preferred Pronouns: Female How do you describe your identity? I am an simply put, just ME. I truly despise all the labels that are being thrown around today in the LGBTQ world to describe people. I believe that the people thinking they have to have a need to label themselves is just […]
Name: Rach Age: 36 County of Residence: Armstrong, formerly Allegheny Preferred Pronouns: Just me How do you describe your identity? I’m just a girl who is in love with a girl. Please describe your coming out experience. Where did you find support? What challenges did you face? Was in high school. I found support through my friends. The […]
Name: Kim Age: 40 County of Residence: Washington, formerly Allegheny and Westmoreland counties Preferred Pronouns: pansexual How do you describe your identity? I’m mother to a 20-year-old transwoman. I’m a third generation Mexican American. I tend to take in wayward humans and animals. Im a singer. Im permanently disabled. I bake really crazy cakes. Im many things. Im a […]
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I am sorry to inform you that we will not be proceeding with the stage version of the AMPLIFY project. If you have purchased tickets, you can follow information on the tickets or receipts to request a refund. Of course, we are disappointed. But sometimes differences in artistic vision require us to simply shake hands […]
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