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People say, “brothers are forever." That they will, “always be by your side, no matter what.” Of course that's what they say; it's just hard to believe. It's hard to...

Family relationships
Sibling separation
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Sibling (noun) - A partner in crime; an individual who holds your secrets. This is a definition I wish I would have been able to connect to. A wise person...

Family relationships
Sibling separation
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As long as I can remember, I have been in DCF care. I remember every year my parents would switch off custody of me on a regular basis. My mother...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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My childhood was filled with war and terror, from growing up in a war-torn country to fighting my own battle with accepting my identity as a Queer Black Muslim girl...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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I am Marcus Bell; I am 27 years young and I was raised in the system. I came into care at the age of six months along with my two...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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Sometimes life gives you a bad hand. With your cards already dealt, there’s nothing else to do but take a seat and play the game. At the age of 6...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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I entered foster care at age 12. I was in an abusive home and would act out so that I could get in trouble and hopefully get recognized so that...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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When I was 8, I would find myself in a peculiar but fateful point in my life when I would enter into the Arkansas Foster Care system through child endangerment...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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Often the world we live in is something that no one would expect for it to be. When we are born we do not get a choice as to who...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth
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I like to tell myself, that not everyone gets their traditional story. My parents weren’t fit to be parents or even to be part of the public eye at that...

LGBTQ+ & Two-Spirit youth