Brennon grew up in Sandy, Utah — Mormon, closeted, and already crushing on Leo during Titanic. His story winds through secret hookups, Mormon guilt, and a mission that was supposed to “fix” him. Spoiler: it didn’t.

From porn on LimeWire to awkward first boyfriends, virginity lost at 27, and the moment he finally felt what love was supposed to feel like, Brennon’s journey is messy, funny, and heartfelt. And now? He’s dreaming of fatherhood with his husband.

It’s the perfect way to open Storyhole: Loads of Gay Stories, told raw and unfiltered.

Kip grew up LDS in American Samoa, where drag queens were celebrated onstage — and sometimes in his own living room. His story is about navigating that unique cultural backdrop, coming out to his Relief Society president mom before military deployment, and discovering who he really was through hookups, relationships, and self-reflection.

Importantly, Kip is bisexual, and his story reflects the complexity of attraction, identity, and relationships across genders.

Highlights from Kip’s story include:

• Drag queens, church leadership, and a Samoan coming-out story.
• The Irish accent beach hookup fantasy.
• Catfishing the catfish — and nearly confronting him in person.
• Four years in a relationship with a man who never left his wife.
• Redefining love, sex, and open relationships on his own terms.

Kip’s journey is equal parts playful, raw, and deeply honest — a reminder that sometimes the most radical act is simply telling the truth.

Kevin spent 36 years trying to be the person everyone else wanted him to be—Mormon son, perfect husband, devoted father. But behind the minivan and church callings was a secret he couldn’t keep forever.

In Part 1 of Kevin’s story, he takes us from childhood Barbie prancing to the moment he finally said the words “I’m gay.” It’s a raw journey through family expectations, Mormon shame, mixed-orientation marriage, and the breaking point that cost him everything—except his truth.

• Kevin knew from age six he was different—but religion taught him to hide.
• He married young, convinced love could erase desire.
• Behind closed doors, he wrestled with shame, porn, and impossible church expectations.
• A tragic loss pushed him deeper into crisis—and into the church’s own PR machine.
• Reading 140 stories from LGBTQ Mormons finally showed him what real joy looked like.
• His breaking point: coming out to his wife, his kids, his family, and finally himself.

Part 1 ends with Kevin stripped of faith, marriage, and family ties—but standing, for the first time, in truth.

Coming up in Part 2: Kevin’s sexual awakening at 36, dating for the first time, and the fiery events that shook Salt Lake’s gay scene.