October storyteller Zach Benak has lived in Chicago for the last nine years. His personal essays have been published in Gasher Journal, Reckon Review, 45th Parallel, Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America, and elsewhere. When he’s not writing, he can be found getting coffee in Ravenswood, practicing yoga in Andersonville, or laying in the sun by Lake Michigan. Hear Zach’s story Tuesday, October 8, at OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling at Sidetrack.