Ryan and Chris were high school best friends in Prairie Village, Kansas. During the summer after their junior year (2007), they came out to each other and became boyfriends. But when Ryan’s father, a conservative evangelical pastor, discovered Ryan was
“Mom… Dad… I’d like you to meet my partner.” Most of us have had at least one of these awkward, anxious moments in our lives. And the stakes are even higher when the first meeting occurs during the holidays. In
In honor of Gay Pride Month, here’s a chapter from my first novel, Maybe Next Year. You can read it below or download a PDF here. Bryan and Chris are high school juniors who have been inseparable best friends for