A Person Is Not a Closet

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Did Jason Collins use his former fiancee, Carolyn Moos?

If You Ever Did Write Anything About Me, I’d Want it to be About Love

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When a former love puts Conner Habib in the hospital, he is left reeling with questions of abuse, betrayal, and a shattered heart.

How Not to Cheat

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Marriage is simply hard work. But the good news is that attitude is everything.

“If the football program is producing boys like these, it should be shut down right now because it’s creating monsters.”

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Should the Steubenville football program and other programs whose students commit sexual assault be shut down?

Born to Be Abused [Trigger warning]

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A lifetime of abuse makes one man call himself ‘disposable.’

The Violence of Homelessness: A Young Male Survivor’s Story [Trigger warning]

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W.R.R. escaped his father’s child sex ring only to endure the horrors of homelessness: illness, starvation, and yet more sexual violence. How does this survivor find meaning in his life today?

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How to Be a Cheater

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When I caught him red handed, I didn’t leave. Instead, I cheated, too.

Forgiving Adultery

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After cheating, a yogi learns that you have to forgive to heal.

I’ll Never Forgive You

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Four little words by Victim 4 in the Jerry Sundusky case speak volumes.

Gay Married Dad Asks Whether He Should Come Out

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Dear Gay Dad Project: “If you could have it all done over, would you still have your father tell you he was gay?”

Traumas and Healing

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What if we had the same community healing for the trauma of sexual abuse as we did for the trauma of 9/11?

The Best Don’t Ask For Help (and Other Lies)

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John Jones thought he wouldn’t be much if he didn’t become a father. Without his daughter, he might not be here at all.

A Good Man From the Past: Betrayer or Betrayed?

KOREAN WAR

In 1953, Corporal Edward Dickenson returned from a North Korean POW camp a hero. Only months later, he was serving a 10-year sentence for collaborating with the enemy.