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.
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.
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.