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Melissa Tucker from The New Narrative presents Love, Sex, and Relationships

Melissa Tucker from The New Narrative presents Love, Sex, and Relationships

Melissa Tucker shares her story of being a single, 40-year-old pastor exploring the message she received about dating from growing up in the church and trying to have something close to dating life now in her unique role now. "Whether you grew up in Christian subculture or not, you'll likely remember those 'WWJD' bracelets that stood for "What would Jesus do?".

KishaLynn Elliott shares "GINA" at The New Narrative presents: Love, Sex, and Relationships

KishaLynn Elliott shares "GINA" at The New Narrative presents: Love, Sex, and Relationships

KishaLynn Elliott shares her story of grappling with the conflict between spirituality and sexuality as a 16-year-old girl, and acting upon her attraction to women for the first time.

“I loved how the internet enabled me to be who I wished I could be in real life. Online, I could do the things I wished I could do if God wasn’t constantly watching. And boy, did I do things.”

Evita Sawyers shares "New Old Me" at The New Narrative presents: Love, Sex, and Relationships

Evita Sawyers shares "New Old Me" at The New Narrative presents: Love, Sex, and Relationships

Evita Sawyers shares a story of how she came into her sexuality and thus discovered herself.

"To me, the biggest benefit of the life I live now is the self-discovery. I don’t feel like I’m doing something new. I feel like I found a new way to be old me."

Gabi Schaffzin - "The Silliness of Disability" - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Gabi Schaffzin - "The Silliness of Disability" - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Gabi Schaffzin is a recovering capitalist who is currently pursuing his PhD in Visual Arts at UC San Diego. His art and research consider the visual representation of pain and illness in a technologically mediated world. This story provides some insight into why this topic is so important to him.

CZ Firestone - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

CZ Firestone - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

CZ Firestone, known to their loved ones affectionately as “Syra” or “Sy”, is a writer, intellectual, and youth advocate serving in the community of San Diego in both activist and organizing spaces. Their work centers on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, social and restorative justice

Ozzie Monge - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Ozzie Monge - The New Narrative presents: Identity, October 2016

Ozzie Monge is a, among other roles, a Lecturer at San Diego State University in the Department of American Indian Studies. Ozzie’s professional interests focus on the social and political issues deriving from settler colonialism, always with an eye, mind, and heart to aspire towards decolonization.