From Secrets to Strength: Ann Russo on Inclusive Mental Health Care and Identity-Based Healing

Ann grew up in a queer household during the 1980s—her father, his partner, her mother, and sister all living under one roof in Arizona. “From my perspective, we were fine. We were just a family doing family things,” she shared. But there was a rule: no one could know. “We weren’t allowed to actually tell anyone outside of our household,” she explained.