Ximena Dipietro has a few scars from a lover. Many of us carry emotional scars from our relationships, Ximena’s come in the form of cigarette burns.

In 2016, I cast my first vote for Hillary Clinton a couple of days after my 18th birthday, confident in my beliefs. Seven years later, I found myself seeing a man who didn’t share any of them.

When I was in the second grade, I quit ballet after two weeks because I felt self-conscious in my leotard.

Andrew Zerrato said he would dress as someone once told him, “like a homeless person,” because he wanted to scare people away.

Matt Patterson went from being a sex worker and convicted felon to an advocate for people living with HIV.

Misty Alicea has had a relationship with her body image that’s been shaped profoundly by her experiences as a transgender woman. She recalls feeling constrained by societal expectations placed on her at birth, which never aligned with her true self.