“I grew up one of five kids in a very conservative Mormon family in a small town in Utah. By the time I realized I was queer as a teenager, I didn’t have the belief in the religion anymore. I was in love, and didn’t want to be a part of something that wasn’t OK with that. When my parents found out, they didn’t take it well. I was also doing a lot of other things that were scary for them — you know, teenager things. They sent me away for my senior year of high school to a wilderness therapy program. I spent three months backpacking in southern Utah in the snow without a tent. When I left at 18, I came out a completely different person.  I transferred to Berkeley in 2020 from Long Beach City College. For the past five years, I’ve lived at University Village with my wife and two kids. A big reason we chose Berkeley is for the parent resources. The Student Parent Center is phenomenal. We felt so safe and stable that we decided to have another baby. I turned in my final for one of my film...