Entries from January 2006

Letter to an Ex-Gay Friend

Date January 1, 2006

Dear Dee,
When I read your letter, I was so happy to know that you have finally found the peace you have been seeking after for so long. It always warms my heart to hear that people have found comfort in the Lord. Then, when I read the part where you quoted 1 Corinthians, I just [...]

A Place Where I Belong

Date January 1, 2006

I have always felt alone and ‘different.’ I just didn’t realize what the difference was until I was old enough to recognize that it was possible that I was a lesbian. My first experience with telling someone in my circle of friends about having lesbian thoughts, was to be convinced to attend some ex-gay meetings [...]

Questions Only God Could Answer

Date January 1, 2006

My acceptance as a Christian and a lesbian has been a process, much like any growing and maturing process. At first I believed that the two were not compatible and in order to follow the inclinations I was born with, I would have to turn my back on and deny my God. I did this [...]

A Simple and Grateful Story

Date January 1, 2006

My story goes like this…
I was born in a small log cabin…okay, that’s not how it really started! The truth is I lived a semi-normal, typical dysfunctional Midwestern type childhood and adolescence. Small town mentality is a dangerous thing, especially to someone who knew instinctively that she didn’t fit or want to fit into being [...]

Never Too Old: Joy’s Story

Date January 1, 2006

Just over a year ago, I ended a 35 year marriage because I had come to the point where a big part of me was dying inside, trying to pretend to be “a happily married heterosexual.” I was 57.
I’ve known I was attracted to girls since I was old enough to remember…like standing on the [...]

Out of the Box

Date January 1, 2006

I am 31 and the oldest of two girls from a family that began in the Midwest and then migrated south (I have since returned to God’s country - Minnesota!). I know it sounds cliché, but I always knew I was different. As a kid of 6 or 7 years old, I would invite girls [...]

A Growing Faith

Date January 1, 2006

I don’t know if this is as much a “coming out” story as a coming to realization story.
I am a preachers kid (PK) and so growing up the thoughts of being gay weren’t even there. My family didn’t talk down about gay people, we just didn’t talk about it at all. It never was an [...]

Once An Abomination, Now A Gift

Date January 1, 2006

I’m one of the late bloomers. In hindsight, it’s so very clear. I was a tomboy, my movie star crushes were on female stars, but I knew nothing about homosexuality. One of my earliest memories is about seeing a program on TV. I don’t know what happened on it, but in my four year old [...]

Serving Her Country

Date January 1, 2006

As an Army ROTC cadet and a sophomore in college that grew up with Southern Baptist roots, I denied to myself along with everyone else in my life that I was gay. Several years prior to me entering college, while in high school, grew a deep longing for a relationship with a woman.
Being raised [...]

Mennonite Faith

Date January 1, 2006

My name is Malissa and this is my story. I am seventh out of eight children, but grew up the youngest of the six of us who survived infancy. My life was very simple and plain for two reasons. First was economics as we were very poor. Second was my parent’s faith. By the time [...]