My name is Dilya and I am now 45 years old. My partner’s name is Naima. Our story began when I was 35, and Naima 38. I was married and once again trying to glue together with my husband splinters...

"Wiktor is gay!  and If you don't want him, you won't have me, either!" - I shouted at my husband as soon as he opened the door coming back from work on the day our older son, Wiktor, came out. My...

Myself and my husband Jaime were married in South Africa in 2010 and campaigned for marriage equality in Ireland, which happened in 2015. We have a large, ever-growing and ever diversifying family. We are scattered around the globe. Here we...

People often say LGBTIQ don't have family, they are wrong. When I knew myself as a child, I was already in a family, every one loved me and brought me up so delicately. I went to school, soon the teachers...

When I came out of the closet my greatest fear was to grow up alone, to not have a family. That was actually the reality of many LGBT people in my hometown, a small city in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Although that made me...

When our daughter Sophia was 10 years old, she came downstairs and announced to her Papi and me that she had written a letter to President Obama. Never did we think this incredibly emotional and authentic expression would change all...

Families Some people hate 'em, others adore 'em - 'families' as the poet Philip Larkin says 'they fuck you up don't they?' Perhaps, is my response to that. During the Yes Equality campaign in Ireland in 2015 families became a...

We have been together for 18 years now. As older gay Turkish citizens, we realize there is little hope for the recognition of our family in Turkey, so we have decided to move to Spain. We are very happy here...

Very moving video message for #IDAHOT #IFED2017 from Guyana about family love. https://youtu.be/bKjgT336GC8  

I was fifteen years old when I came out to my Mom. I actually screamed it in her face. I was just another teenager except that I had a really hard time understanding my sexuality in a context where there was...

Words of Support and Courage coming to us from Albania Family relations are extremely important for LGBTIQ people. As the saying goes, they can make you or break you. It is not uncommon within our community to hear of very...

We live in a society where women are underestimated. We live in society that teaches women that their greatest achievement is raising a child and raising that child well. Learning that your son is gay with all the misconceptions that...

When I was a child in France it pained me to think that my attraction to men meant I would have a lonely life. I never imagined that one day I would be a single father of twin boys in...

Sara and I have been in love for the past 13 years. Very soon in our relationship we talked about having a child together and imagine all the wonderful things we would do with him/her. We signed a civil contract...

When I was young, marriage was nowhere on my list. Not in my love life, not in my political life, and certainly not in my family life. The question from Auntie Georgie (gender neutrality intended :)  “And when are YOU...

My name is Hasan. I'm a young man who works with the LGBTI community in Jordan, which is a conservative Middle Eastern country. I'm writing to tell you about my father who passed away two months ago. I would love...

A story from Chinese activist Xiaogang Wei coming to you for #IDAHOT #IFED2017 I’ve been hearing many stories about LGBT people coming out to their families for more than a decade since working at a Chinese LGBT nonprofit organization. The...

People consider me lucky I guess. I have very loving and supporting parents and brothers, I have a nice career as the managing director of our family business, I travel, I have a bicycle (by choice ), I'm a athlete,...