ELLEN BELLUOMINI MACKENZIE TELLS THE STORY OF DISCOVERING HER SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND SEXUALITY, INCLUDING THE WAYS THIS HAS IMPACTED HER SENSE OF FAMILY. MACKENZIE GREW UP AND LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN CHICAGO AND HAS RECENTLY MOVED TO WASHINGTON D.C. WITH PLANS TO STAY. AS SHE DESCRIBES HER PROCESS OF COMING OUT TO HERSELF AND TO HER FAMILY, SHE REFLECTS ON HER VALUES AND THE CULTURAL VALUES WHICH HAVE CHANGED AROUND HER BOTH THROUGH TIME AND IN THE VARIOUS PLACES SHE HAS TRAVELED AND LIVED.