Colette Beighley Archives

Happy anniversary Colette!

July 28, 2023December 27, 2007 by Gabi Clayton

Colette Beighley grew up in the San Francisco Bay area (where I came of age) and she now lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan and works as the West Michigan Field Organizer for Triangle Foundation, a terrific organization that Carolyn Wagner introduced me to. Read two of her recent bloggings to see why I admire her. …

Blame the gays …

July 28, 2023July 31, 2007 by Gabi Clayton

Thank you to Greg Varnum and Colette Beighley at Triangle Foundation for leading me to this! Bloggin.OUT is the official blog of Triangle Foundation’s Generation.OUT program. Greg Varnum is Triangle Foundation’s Director of Youth Initiatives and Information Technology.

I’ve made another friend across the miles

July 28, 2023July 31, 2007 by Gabi Clayton

I received an email today that led me to this article: When he was in eighth grade, Ari Beighley told his closest friends at school he was gay. But he kept his silence at home for two more years, his homosexuality hidden in the midst of his conservative evangelical Christian family. “Then I just didn’t …