About - BURSTING THROUGH

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT THROUGH OUR DAILY ACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS.

Hello. I’m Steve Petersen, the originator of Bursting Through, let’s talk about the brand.
Bursting Through is what happened when my personal passion and professional skills connected and decided they had something to say. It is a reflection of my life but not a mirror image and in some ways has been creating itself my entire life. To understand Bursting through you have to know a bit about my journey.
I grew up in Audubon, IA, population 2000. It’s a slice of Americana smack dab in the middle of the country. Audubon has one stoplight, five churches, and three bars and is the proud home to Albert, the Worlds’ Largest Bull.

Bursting Through is a Social Justice Storytelling Movement for the Queer Community and Its Allies. Stories are the most powerful change agent we have to open hearts and minds.

Bursting Through collects, organizes and distributes Queer/Straight stories via multiple avenues, primarily our quarterly digital magazine, Connections. These stories of connection, allyship, awareness and breakthrough move us closer to sustainable equality and safety for the Queer Community.

Join the Bursting Through Movement to add your story to our life-changing library.

Steve Petersen is the founder of Bursting Through, the social justice storytelling movement for the Queer Community and its allies.

Steve’s 27 year career in marketing and visual merchandising took him on a journey from rural Iowa to Fortune 500 companies in Manhattan.

While his professional success informed much of his life’s work, it was the journey of coming out in his mid-20’s that cemented his core values of compassion, courage and change.

With Bursting Through, Steve is building the world’s largest library of Queer/ Straight stories and creating sustainable equality and safety for the Queer Community.

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