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Anna Porter, right, sits with Lydia Bennett, left, with whom she has been partners for about the past year on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Porter’s apartment in Columbia. Porter is bisexual and polyamorous. “My journey kind of started growing up in a pretty conservative religious household. There wasn't a lot of talk about being gay or being queer in any way other than, ‘It's just a sin.’ And so the transition to college was a really interesting time for me because I kind of got out of my bubble and started to meet a lot of people that were much different than I was. And I was like, ‘Well, this is really cool. It's awesome to meet all of these people and start understanding their stories and learn through them,’” Porter said. “And I think, through that process, I started to feel more comfortable kind of delving into my own identity and went through sort of a process of figuring out, ‘Hey, maybe I also like women as well as men.’ And I think that was just a really big time for me to explore that part of myself.”

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Anna Porter: "The people that matter to me are the people that will accept me for who I am."

Bailey Stover

Anna Porter is a 30-year-old bisexual and polyamorous woman. She spoke about how going to college – and moving away from her religious upbringing – gave her the space to explore her identity.

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