Coming Out Is Not Easy: This Is My Story
Jared Naut, Impact Staff
October 10, 2018
“I’m Gay”, those are the hardest words for anyone in the lgbtq community has to say when they are coming out to someone, I know from experience. In honor of national coming out day tomorrow, I have decided to share my coming out story. From a very young age, I knew that I was gay. They ...
Why Coming Out Still Matters
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
October 11, 2017
I felt compelled to start typing these words as I sat on the Metro-North. I chose not to look outside the sealed windows to view the landscape of upper Manhattan morph into the broken forests of Westchester County heading towards Connecticut. Instead, I felt compelled to look at those inside the train...
I Missed You Will & Grace. Please Don’t Ever Change
Matt Reich, Staff Writer
September 30, 2017
The Will & Grace reboot is back... for better or worse!
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