Share Your Queer Query Stories Here! by Tiffany Touma

2024-01-30 12:43:57 UTC

My name is Suzy Wang and I am 73 years old. I was born in Beijing but live in Chicago. I was born female and identify with my gender. I am a retired professor of Political Science at the u of Chicago. It is was hard for my friends and family to understand that I am asexual and the wondered why I never had interest in their matchmaking efforts. Nevertheless, I love my friends and they mean the world to me. We love to go out each weekend and try out new restaurants.

2024-01-30 12:45:23 UTC

My name is Carlota. I was born in Miami in 1986. My parents are Colombian and from the US. I don’t recognize myself under any ethnicity because I have lived in the US and Colombia. After experimenting with traditional gender roles both in the US and Colombia, I realized I was heterosexual. I decided to be a sailor after I joined the navy. I thought I would have a relationship with a man, but as a sailor I have many relationships throughout the world.

2024-01-30 12:45:31 UTC

Hello, my name is Sam and I am 22. I was born in Saudi Arabia. When I was 18, I moved to Holland and transitioned into a female. My experience in the process inspired me to pursue a career in nursing. As I continue to learn about ny new self, I am not currently attracted romantically.

2024-01-30 12:45:53 UTC

My name is Juan Mario and I was born in Simon Bolivar in Bogota. I'm 51 years old and I'm a computer engineer. I was born as a female but transitioned at 35 since I didn't have the chance to do it before. I was born into a very conservative family and they never accepted the way that I felt inside and outside. As I explored my identity I was lucky enough to find a support group that became my family. Being aromantic has put a recent strain on these relationships within the LGBTQI+ community, because while I seek deep connections with people I don't seek romantic relationships. Being a Latino, I feel like there are social pressures to combine romance with sexual intercourse, but this is simply not Part of my identity.

2024-01-30 12:47:20 UTC

My name is Molly Morales, I was born in Puerto Rico. I moved to Bogota to study journalism at Javeriana. I have known I was pansexual since high school. Even though Puerto Rico was conservative. Colombia was worse I faced a lot of discrimination both because of my accent, but because people around me did not understand what pansexual is. So they didn’t understand me. I constantly have to explain myself and justify my actions.

stephendeguara1 — 2024-01-30 12:48:04 UTC

My name is Casey and I was born in Nigeria and immigrated to New York. I realized that I was non-binary when I was 13. I chose to study law as I wanted to empower others regarding their human rights. My family is important to me, especially my brother. I am open about my identity as it is something that I fight to protect.

2024-01-30 12:48:58 UTC

Juan Felipe -

Hello, I am Juan Felipe, I am a 45 year old graphic designer. My family is from Cochabamba in Bolivia. I was born as a female and transitioned to male as an adult. I hid and denied my identity while I grew up in a very conservative culture. I struggled to connect with popular cultural constructs around identity and found difficulty finding safe people who understood me. I got married to a man, tomas, but realized after college this was not my truth. I transitioned at 32 after I moved away from bolivia. Because I am asexual, it was difficult for me to find myself growing up. I am fascinated by japanese culture and sushi making, and love adventurous travels. I live with my best friend in Carmel, California and my dog. We spend a lot of time at the beach.

2024-01-30 12:49:02 UTC

My name is Romulo Guacheneque, and I’m 50 years old. I was born in Punto Mayo to a loving mom and dad. By the time I was 15 I realized I was different. I turned my isolation into my studies and was accepted into college at los Andes. In Bogota I came out. Now I have a cat. I met some incredible people and 10 years ago started my transition into a male. I met my boyfriend in the process and we have been together for 8 years. I am now a profesor of indigenous studies at Universidad Nacional.

2024-01-30 12:50:05 UTC

^{My name is Sam I’m 27 years old, I'm a non-binary and bisexual. I am British living in France. I’m here studying to get my masters in literature. Here I found my love, got married and currently living a happy life with my loved one drinking wine and enjoying the amazing French gastronomy}

2024-01-30 12:52:20 UTC

My name is Ruppert and I'm a 64 year old male from Italy who's been running a successful business around design and architecture for 40 years. When I was younger I was conflicted about being bisexual because I am Romani. There was not a safe space to express bisexuality when I was younger . Now, being 64, I am ready to begin authentically expressing myself and live my truth.

2024-01-30 12:52:22 UTC

Hola, soy Francisco Jacanamijoy y nací en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Tengo 74 años y llevo mi vida entera ocultando mi orientación sexual debido a la estructura familiar permitida en mi comunidad Kogui. Una de las razones por la que estudié biología fue la búsqueda de una explicación que me permitiera entender la aparente contradicción entre mi sexo biológico y mi orientación sexual, pues mi sentir iba siempre en oposición a como, según mi entorno me debía comportar.