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This Is Who I Am: Why I Tell People I’m Gay Even If They Know

Posted by By Jim Bauman November 9, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Equality, Gay, Masculinity, Truth
A personal account of how and why I became comfortable with telling others, including strangers, that I'm gay.
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LGBTQ Safe Spaces in the City and in the Country

Posted by By Jim Bauman May 31, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Country Life, Equality, LGBTQ
A personal recollection of gay bars and a reflection on why there aren't as many of them today as there were.
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Gay and Out In Very Red West Virginia

Posted by By Jim Bauman April 8, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Appalachia, Equality, LGBTQ hate, Rural America, West Virginia
A positive piece about how West Virginia is not as hateful to LGBTQ people as states farther to the south.
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