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Andy Curtiss

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Love Like This: Being Fat, Queer, and Left Behind Nearly Broke Me

What a Clorox toilet wand, a broken marriage, and three very different men taught me about being enough.

6h ago

Love Like This: Being Fat, Queer, and Left Behind Nearly Broke Me

6h ago

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Love Like This: The Broken Road That Led This Gay Man to Polyamory

Before I could find the love I needed, I had to lose the one I thought I’d built.

5d ago

Love Like This: The Broken Road That Led This Gay Man to Polyamory

5d ago

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Say the Thing: How Does a Gay Man Grieve a Father Who Didn’t Love Him?

Maybe by being the adult in the room and changing the cycle, with love.

May 9

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May 9

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Say the Thing: a Gay Youngster Asked To Call Me Dad and Changed Everything

Chosen, not born. Glitter, not guilt. One bar kid at a time.

May 3

Say the Thing: a Gay Youngster Asked To Call Me Dad and Changed Everything

May 3

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“Say the Thing”: When Family Loves You Wrong

That time healing started to feel like betrayal.

Apr 29

“Say the Thing”: When Family Loves You Wrong

Apr 29

I Got Weighed on a Livestock Scale

At my heaviest, I weighed 430 pounds.

Apr 23

I Got Weighed on a Livestock Scale

Apr 23

“Say the Thing”: A Coming Out Story, a Goodbye, and the Lessons I’m Still Learning

Originally, most of the below was written for a scholarship essay contest. The prompt? “Tell us about your coming out process.” I did —…

Apr 22

“Say the Thing”: A Coming Out Story, a Goodbye, and the Lessons I’m Still Learning

Apr 22

Can We Afford to Support Caregivers-And Can We Afford Not To?

Can we afford to support those who raised us — without bankrupting what’s left?

Apr 19

Can We Afford to Support Caregivers-And Can We Afford Not To?

Apr 19

Capitalism Doesn’t Care If You Raise Your Kids

Just Don’t Ask for Help Doing It

Apr 17

Capitalism Doesn’t Care If You Raise Your Kids

Apr 17

Andy Curtiss

Andy Curtiss

he/him

Queer grief, chosen family, and hard-earned healing. I write like it’s 3am and we’re finally being honest.

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