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'Hope will never be silent' - Harvey Milk

A couple of years ago I was given a book containing true love stories from everyday people. The more I read and as much as I loved the idea of this book, it quickly became apparent to me that the vast majority of the love stories contained in this book were between heterosexual partners. As a member of the LGBTQIA community, this saddened me.



I created this blog as a space for other members of the LGBTQIA community to post and share their stories of love. These stories are just as valid and important and have every right to be shared and viewed. Although progress is being made in the realm of LGTBQI rights, there is still a long way to go. In order to reduce the negative stigma associated with the LGTBQIA community, exposure is a must!



Despite the progress towards equality in recent years, there is still much hate and discrimination present in the world. I thought that it would be nice for people to see that despite unequal treatment that is still so common in American society, happiness is indeed possible.




Caveat: This blog was not created to "fight the man" and force equality in American society; rather these stories have been posted to give people hope that love in the LGTBQIA is right and okay. Furthermore, this blog was created to honor the stories of everyday people who are often ignored and remind people that love is the same, no matter the couple.


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** If you have a story that you'd like to share, please email me at: miatfurtado@gmail.com































Thursday, June 30, 2011

It was the summer after my sophomore  year of college at the University of South Dakota. I had a bad summer and decided to go back to school a month early. The day I got back to South Dakota from home in Omaha, I met a gorgeous girl ironically. I wondered why I couldn't have met her while I was still in Omaha because that's where she lived also. So we chatted and decided to meet in a  few weeks when I would be back home. So we did. I picked her up and we went out-it was great! She was gorgeous, feminine and just my type.

We decided after that to be exclusive and we tried the distance thing. After all, my college was only 2 hours from Omaha. So we did the distance for year while I was on a softball scholarship. The distance was hard and my love for softball faded so I decided to transfer schools.

We were in love and decided to get married one day. Unfortunately a few month after I transfered, she cheated on me with a friend and I was heart broken. I had given up a scholarship for her and that's how I was repaid? I tried to get over it but couldn't. We couldn't be together even though we tried for a few years.

We're still friends to this day but I learned a valuable lesson and that's never give up anything for anyone and never move for anyone unless you have more than one reason for it. I'm stronger today for going through that.

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