Everyone has a different way of telling those close to them about their sexual/gender identity. Share you story with us! Who’d you tell? How? Why?

“Coming out” means different things to different people. For some people, “coming out” means letting other people know about their sexuality and/or gender identity. Coming out can be very complicated. Some people may want to “come out” while other people may not feel the same need. To some, “coming out” is tied up with certain [...]

During my wanderings through the internet, I found this great article on queer teen dating on the Planned Parenthood’s Teen Talk site
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans/lgbtq-health/abcds-lgbt-dating-25475.htm
How do you meet up in your communities? Is there a hang out in town?  At group at your school? Online? Are you wondering about the same thing?

Last Friday, the Youth Line was proud to be part of the Show Your True Colours youth event at Sudbury Pride. This big city girl got a taste of pride Sudbury style and was wowed by the close knit, fiery and fabulous spirit of the youth in attendance. Thanks to all of you who stopped [...]

On June 26, 2009, The First Trans Rally was held in Toronto. It is estimated that more than 1000 people attended the event, including myself. The rally could be the birth of a new movement to reclaim our own lives and experience.
For too long, Trans people have been stigmatized both within and particularly outside the [...]

Now this is not a ‘how to piece”, more of exert from my experiences and my sister’s experiences. See I was born with a person in my life who was defined as my equal, my identical replication (I will refer to her as my identical). She has the same hair colour as me, the [...]

Growing up in my skin, coming out was, and continues to be more than a one time event. My proverbial ‘closet’ is more like a hallway of doors. Some doors are opened easily, others remain locked.
I grew up in a home full of contradictions and mixing- mixed races, mixed religions, mixed messages about most everything- everything [...]