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The Educator
Early on in her career as an educator, Dianne Carter vowed to be honest about her sexual orientation. When she made this promise, her...
Del Shores
Del Shores is an honorary Austinite. His award-winning play and film, Sordid Lives, which was also a television series, has a cult-like following in...
Bearing Witness
For longtime progressives Jimmie Sue and Dick Francis, the issue of equality is personal: they don’t want their gay son, a musician named Riely,...
A Mother’s Work
For parents learning that their teenager is gay, there is no rulebook. Emotions and reactions can run the gamut from immediate acceptance to complete...
A Joyful Soul
Sure, Flint Sparks is a happy guy. But he’s far more than a simple optimist. Sparks is of a rare breed, a man who...
