As we move through our daily lives, most people at some point experience a feeling of disconnection, of not fitting into the box. When these challenges take the form of sexual orientation, they can create a lot of confusion, fear, and resentment. It can become a lifelong journey to resolve these issues, not only for the person facing a dilemma, but also for their families. In her poem “In the Counselor's Waiting Room,” Bettie Sellers addresses many of these issues. The guilt associated with being discovered with the "quiet girl down the hall", her family's rejection of this lifestyle, and the narrator's own sense of confusion at this "outing" are revealed in this brief poem of thirteen lines (line 9). The “Terracotta Girl” is consumed with guilt over this affair, but she sits reading an existentialist book. This implies that she is exploring her personal freedom to choose (line 1; line 5). Martha Barron Barrett spent a year of her life interviewing 125 lesbian/bisexual women for her book Invisible Lives: The Truth About Women-Loving Women. The women in these stories...