By Elizabeth Hudson: I don’t use labels like “slut,” “faggot,” or “retard.” In the words of Tom Petty, I grew up much like Mary Jane, tall and right. I worked hard in school and even harder during my summers off, introducing myself and smiling and apologizing for ingredients out of place just to put myself through four years of college. 

By Ashley Smith: Love is a decision, liberate it. Love is art, create it. Expressing love is art. Love is creative. When we seek love with new, re-birthed, grace filled eyes, reborn without barriers, we find life. We find second chances. New chances. New creativity. New art. We experience the substance and weight of untamed freedom, true free love. Be 

By Jeremy Station: I have a friend who is a used car salesman, a label that nobody wants. I was helping my mother buy a car. She is a widow, and my dad used to take care of everything for her. When he lost his battle to cancer 13 years ago, the job was handed over to me. When I