Originally published in Profiles in Pride. Like many queer people, Matthew Teter has had several different coming outs. Teter was assigned female at birth, but growing up in a Dallas, Texas, home with no gender roles, he felt free to be a tomboy. Many transgender people who are raised with traditional gender roles tell stories…
Daniel Hinojos: On Struggling to Come Out as Gay and Finding His Calling in Fashion
Originally published in Profiles in Pride. From a young age, Daniel Hinojos knew he was attracted to boys. But being raised in conservative West Texas with a Southern Baptist minister as a father, coming out as gay didn’t seem like an option. After ‘praying the gay away’ didn’t work, he came to the conclusion that…