
Allison Springer: “Pony Club Saved Us”
BY ALLISON SPRINGER
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July 2025
Ryan May: “I Choose Love”
Staying was not an option. If you grow up in a small town in the south, being gay isn’t an option. It’s considered a choice. And a bad one. Like, you’re going to hell. So, staying, after you come out, is not an option.
June 2025
Carrie Kehring: “The day I die will be the day I stop”
I love reading obituaries. I know that sounds weird. I just like the idea that your entire life story can be summed up in a few short paragraphs.
June 2025
Alex Ronningen: “I am an equestrian with Cystic Fibrosis, but I’m not my diagnosis”
My earliest memories of the barn are of my family. Saturday mornings, my sister and I would go riding at Childress Rodgers Stables and then after we’d hang out with Grandma Janet.