MICHAEL ALANCOURT

My parents found out I was gay in 1993 toward the end of my senior year of high school. My father said, "I think it would be a good idea if you weren't living here come September." I said, "Fine." (Spoiler alert, I was nowhere near ready to support myself and would not have been fine.) My mom said, "If he goes, I'm going with him." I'm running because unfortunately not everyone has a badass mother like I do.