By Ella Ware I’ve been out as queer since I was 10 years old, and I just had my first real Pride month at 24. It was long overdue– I’m new to Grand Rapids, and grew up in a tiny town in Texas. I attended school and church in a town that has a population of 198 people, was almost completely white, and was certainly not tolerant of the LGBTQ+ community. I was one of those kids where it was evident that I was queer. The kids could tell, the teach…
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