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For many Anchorage teens living in the community the reality of coming out can be the toughest challenge they ever face, but with the help of more support services teens are becoming more comfortable.
Bryson, 19, is just one of those teens trying to find his place in the community while being openly gay. “This is the most comfortable I’ve felt with being gay and everything,” he says. Hiding his sexuality as a child was not easy, and he says classmates have teased him since the second grade. It wasn’t until his sophomore year in high school that Bryson finally accepted who he is. “I’ve always known. I was tired of not being myself,” he said. “It was dragging me down and not making me a happy person, so I just finally accepted it as my life.” He says having support services like the POWER Teen Center, located in the Downtown Transit Center, helps him be more comfortable in his own skin. Without the resources and support the center provides, Bryson says that daunting challenge of coming out gets even more challenging. “When you're under the age of 18, you’re still living at home, you’re still dependant on others and very scared to lose that support,” said Trevor Storrs, executive director for FOUR A’s. But Bryson says he feels the community is becoming more tolerant of others like himself and hopes with increasing tolerance, more teens will take the step to accept who they are. |
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Marquette said on Tuesday, Sep 27 at 1:50 AM
Time for coming out should be about up, I hope.
74410717mark said on Wednesday, Sep 21 at 1:43 PM
to jjj the paranoid, AND str8 wytmale, the closet case! show me any social studies report that has been approved by a united states approved institution that says or confirms this mister wytmale! and to jjj i don't believe that bpa can change our brain waves.
74153503Anonymous said on Tuesday, Sep 20 at 10:23 AM
YES!!! infowars and drudgereport is where you will find truth in the news, not on this bs site will you ever be told any truth!
74088237Anonymous said on Friday, Sep 16 at 10:33 PM
CHECK OUT infowars>com FOR THE TRUTH!!!
73950323str8 wytmale said on Friday, Sep 16 at 9:46 PM
what do you expect from kids who have grown up being indoctrinated by the homosexual agenda that promotes gay sex as a normal way of life. it is on every TV show on every channel even in cartoons kids watch. then the kids who are straight get punished for being young boys and playing rough in the sand box and at school, so the agenda is to dumb those kids down with Ritalin and chastise them for being normal and rambunctious children. kids need to figure things out on their own not have some touchy feely agenda pushers indoctrinate them with the it's ok to be gay message.
73949454rebel barbie said on Friday, Sep 16 at 1:05 PM
I have a son who is "bi-curious", I had never thought that he would be that way but he is.I am definately not happy about his decision, however he is my son and I will fully support his decision. Its the people that call them freaks, and continue to taunt and tease these children that cause them to turn to drugs and alcohol and or suicide attempts in hope of some-one actually paying attention to them ans accepting them for who they are..
73933189TheDude said on Thursday, Sep 15 at 7:10 PM
“When you're under the age of 18, you’re still living at home, you’re still dependant on others and very scared to lose that support,” said Trevor Storrs, executive director for FOUR A’s. Dependant is a noun. "I claim two dependants on my tax returns." Dependent is an adjective. "Whether or not we fly today is dependent on the weather report." Just sayin' KTVA. Just sayin.
73895466thelaugher101 said on Thursday, Sep 15 at 6:02 PM
bahahahahaha, YET ANOTHER FREAK who thinks they know EVERYTHING. All these comments on gay/lesbian stories make me laugh with all the BIBLE freaks and all the people who think brainwashing is involved.
73892487jjj said on Thursday, Sep 15 at 4:05 PM
the BPA in plastics are causing our children to change normal brain patterns into this! don't believe me, look it up for yourself!
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