Personal Stories

I just got it stuck in my head that I would be an SDA nun. 'This is the solution. I'm queer, but I can be celibate for the sake of being SDA.' Fast forward to 14... I landed on the label 'pansexual' and was like, 'That's me!'

...even though I am secretly an atheist. I recently finished reading "Outgrowing God" by Richard Dawkins. It blew my mind away. I also plan to read "Coming out Atheist" by Greta Christina.

It has been tremendously liberating discovering that the world is natural, that there are no deities or demons...

Prayer and church attendance was the answer to everything. It was tough but I managed to learn how to drive, buy a car, move out, buy a house, and travel the world.

I had a huge crisis of faith in my senior year of college after learning more about the cosmologies of other religions and cultures.

“Boarding school? Was it like Harry Potter? Hogwarts?” they asked me eagerly. I had to stifle a laugh. “It was… not at all like Hogwarts.” I managed to choke out. “Think more… Azkaban. But worse.”

My mom has often voiced the fear that I will never be free of the religion that warped our perceptions of self image...

I was forced to tell my mom in Spanish why I couldn't use the book for my report. My mom made me throw away the book...

I would constantly feel “othered” and as a kid I always thought it was unfair that boys got to wear pants and shorts while I was stuck wearing uncomfortable skirts...