Until now, I’ve tried to keep these blog posts focused on UX, product design, and startups.

I’ve kept them free from politics, from personal stories, and from anything overtly controversial, aside from a few arguments about various design minutiae.

But this article, written by a gay former student who attended the school Karen Pence now teaches at, reminded me so much of my own experiences attending various Catholic schools outside of Chicago that I felt compelled to speak out. For whatever it’s worth, I wanted to share some of those experiences, both for those who are pondering the fairness of various sides of this controversy, and for current students at these types of schools, who might feel, as I often did, that they’re alone in this experience.