Step out into sunshine
October 25, 2018
To celebrate LGBTQ+ awareness and acceptance, MVHS’ Gender Sexuality and Alliance (GSA), held its biggest event of the year: National Coming Out Day. The door, courtesy of the drama department, was garnished with various flags representing different sexualities and genders. The event physically and metaph...
A piece of me: coming out as gay
December 7, 2016
or as long as I can remember, I’ve felt different. It wasn’t until seventh or eighth grade that I realized why. It took me years to finally accept it, to stop living in denial. But now, I’m ready to tell the world. “I’m gay.” Oh God. Was this a bad idea? Am I ready? Maybe I sho...
Members of GSA share their coming out stories
October 31, 2016
wooden frame is placed at the center of the academic rally, but it doesn’t hold an ordinary purpose. Rather, it’s a representation of the LBGTQIA+ community’s rite of passage: coming out of the closet. The ‘ closet door’, a simple wooden frame with multi-colored handprints plastered all o...
