The Personals

A Freak Accident Brought Me Closer to My Domineering Dad

One summer in my early 20s, my dad’s ‘brilliant idea’ quite literally set us both on fire—and changed our relationship forever.

4 hrs ago •

Ivy Eisenberg

Unburying My Mother’s Secret

In the last years of her life, a sudden revelation upended my entire image of my mom. It took a decade after her death—and another major life change—for…

Jul 25 •

Cathy Alter

The Man Who Betrayed Me Was Also the Man Who Loved Me

I came out of the closet in the throes of the AIDS epidemic and fell for someone I thought was a safe harbor. The blurred lines between his love and his…

Jul 18 •

J Martin

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