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The First Time I Peed On My Boyfriend's Floor, I Was Mortified. But Then It Kept Happening.

"Why would he stay with someone who could do such a disgusting thing, especially when we’d only been together three months?"
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I Dreaded Wedding Dress Shopping. Then The 5 Words I Never Thought I'd Hear Changed Everything.

"Part of my dread of wedding dress shopping came from the ways I believed I would be rendered invisible by the blinding brightness of heteronormativity."
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My Parents' Obsession With Purity Nearly Ruined Us. Years Later, I Found Their Secret In A Box Of Their Things.

"'I’m so angry,' my second sister said, visibly shaking. 'I’m not kidding, I’m mad.' Our parents had been cruelest to her."
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My Father Narrowly Escaped The Nazis. Here's What I Learned While Helping Him Die.

"My father was born Jewish in Berlin in November of 1938. Let that sink in."
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I Tried Everything To 'Fix' My Face. Here's What I Realized Decades And Thousands Of Dollars Later.

"The bullying I’ve endured has been relentless. It was so bad that sometimes kids would shout at me from their windows as I passed."
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I Never Thought I'd Need To Give My 9-Year-Old Medical Cannabis. Here's How We Got Here.

"Most parents are trying to keep their children away from marijuana. But it wasn’t a stretch for us to try anything to help our daughter."
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I’ve Come To Accept Almost Everything About My Disability. But There’s One Part I Just Can’t Get Over.

"I felt like a 4-year-old, unable to take part in the adult discussion. I could have been working on a coloring book, for all I was able to participate."
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My Dad Was Gay — But Married To My Mom For 64 Years. As She Died, I Overheard Something I Can't Forget.

"Had I been wrong about my dad — this man I knew to be so wonderful and caring and loving, not only to my mom and my siblings and me, but seemingly to everyone he knew?"
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At 20 Weeks Pregnant, An Ultrasound Revealed Something Unthinkable. What Happened Next Is My Deepest Regret.

“'Are you sure?' my boyfriend asked. I shook my head yes as tears ran down my cheeks."
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My Doctor Emailed Me The Worst Possible News. It Sent Me Into A Tailspin — And Changed My Life.

"I don’t know if it was cowardice, lack of bedside manner, or just laziness that prompted my doctor to notify me by email."
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