My Coming Out Story

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The BU Out List is a directory of faculty and staff who identify as queer, trans, and/or nonbinary. A collaboration between the University’s LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network and Q, the student-run Queer Activist Collective, the Out List’s goal is to promote visibility, togetherness, mentorship, and resource-sharing among the BU community. 

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To help promote the Out List as a resource, BU Today is featuring a series of coming-out stories from list members, bringing you a different personal story each week during Pride Month.

In this series

  • A picture of Vincent Stephens, wearing glasses and a blue plaid shirt. Rainbow stripes adorn the sides of the image

    Chapter 1 My Coming Out Story: Vincent Stephens

    June is Pride Month. To celebrate, BU Today is reprising our My Coming Out Story series, where members of the Boston University community share their stories about coming out and self-acceptance.  We’ll bring you a new narrative each week throughout the month.  The final installment: Vincent Stephens, College of Arts & Sciences associate dean for […]

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  • Photo of David Chard, a white man with short gray hair and short gray beard. He wears a blue-gray suit and maroon tie and sits with his hand folded over his knee in what looks like a study or office. At top left and right, rainbows are overlaid.

    Chapter 2 My Coming Out Story: David Chard

    June is Pride Month. To celebrate, BU Today is reprising our My Coming Out Story series, where members of the Boston University community share their stories about coming out and self-acceptance.  We’ll bring you a new narrative each week throughout the month.  This week: David Chard, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development dean, a […]

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  • Photo of Chantel James, a young Black woman with clear glasses. She smiles, and wears a white blouse with tufted sleeves. She leans against a window in a room, presumably an office. Small pastel-colored rainbows are overlaid at left and right of the photo.

    Chapter 3 My Coming Out Story: Chantel James

    June is Pride Month. To celebrate, BU Today is reprising our My Coming Out Story series, where members of the Boston University community share their stories about coming out and self-acceptance.  We’ll bring you a new narrative each week throughout the month.  This week: bisexual staffer Chantel James, former assistant director of financial aid and […]

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  • Headshot of Luis Menéndez-Antuña smiling in a red sweater and dark-framed glasses. He poses in front of an office filing cabinet with a white doodle dog. Rainbow red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple lines frame the left and right sides of the photo.

    Chapter 4 My Coming Out Story: Luis Menéndez-Antuña

    June is Pride Month. To celebrate, BU Today is reprising our My Coming Out Story series, where members of the Boston University community share their stories about coming out and self-acceptance.  We’ll bring you a new narrative each week throughout the month.  First up: Luis Menéndez-Antuña, a School of Theology assistant professor of New Testament, […]

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  • Black and white headshot of Ethan Sobel (COM’13) smiling in a light colored button down shirt with the background blurred.

    Chapter 5 My Coming Out Story: Ethan Sobel

    The BU Out List is a new directory of faculty and staff who identify as queer, trans, and/or nonbinary. A collaboration between the University’s LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network and Q, the student-run Queer Activist Collective, the Out List’s goal is to promote visibility, togetherness, mentorship, and resource-sharing among the BU community.  To mark […]

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  • Photo of Kính with a black leather jacket and black shirt leaning against a wooden pallet that is balanced against a brick wall. Pastel rainbow overlays are overlaid on the bottom left and top right.

    Chapter 6 My Coming-Out Story: Kính T. Vũ

    The BU Out List is a new directory of faculty and staff who identify as queer, trans, and/or nonbinary. A collaboration between the University’s LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network and Q, the student-run Queer Activist Collective, the Out List’s goal is to promote visibility, togetherness, mentorship, and resource-sharing among the BU community.  To mark the Out List’s release, BU Today is […]

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  • Kelly Lawrence, women’s assistant head soccer coach, poses for a photo on June 19, 2021. She wears a white long sleeve boston university sweatshirt and has her hands in her pockets.

    Chapter 7 My Coming Out Story: Kelly Lawrence

    The BU Out List is a new directory of faculty and staff who identify as queer, trans, and/or nonbinary. A collaboration between the University’s LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network and Q, the student-run Queer Activist Collective, the Out List’s goal is to promote visibility, togetherness, mentorship, and resource-sharing among the BU community. To mark […]

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  • Photo of Judi Burgess, BU’s director of labor relations, in a yellow blazer, and blue and gold scarf, sitting on a bench and smiling. A rainbows is overlaid on the top right.

    Chapter 8 My Coming Out Story: Judi Burgess

    The BU Out List is a new directory of faculty and staff who identify as queer, trans, and/or nonbinary. A collaboration between the University’s LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Community Network and Q, the student-run Queer Activist Collective, the Out List’s goal is to promote visibility, togetherness, mentorship, and resource-sharing among the BU community.  To mark […]

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