Tag Archives: coming out
Rachel Maddow on the ethics of coming out
TweetYesterday, The Guardian ran a profile of Rachel Maddow. The profile covered her rise to prominence, her approach to covering the news and, of course, the fact that she’s openly gay. It also addressed, or claimed to address, her attitude toward Anderson Cooper: Maddow is one of the very few gay news anchors in America [...]
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Undocumented youth host their own coming out day
Tweet Transcript after the jump On Friday, the Immigrant Youth Justice League hosted their own coming out day for undocumented immigrant youth. This week, the National Immigrant Youth Alliance and other groups are calling for a National Coming Out of the Shadows week. Colorlines will be posting stories from undocumented youth throughout the week. As [...]
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Happy Coming Out Day!
Tweet Just a momentary pause from our posting hiatus to say Happy Coming Out Day! Each year, October 11th marks National Coming Out Day, where folks around the country stand up and say I’m Gay/Lesbian/Queer/Questioning/Bisexual/Pansexual/Trans/Poly/Two spirit/AG/________ and I’m proud! You fill in the blank with your preferred label. With the recent spate of LGBT suicides, [...]
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New project from Dan Savage: It Gets Better
Tweet Dan Savage (the man behind the Savage Love sex advice column and podcast) has started a new project, called It Gets Better. It was inspired by the suicide of gay teenager Billy Lucas, after he experienced much bullying. About the project: If you’re gay or lesbian or bi or trans, and you’ve ever read [...]
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Pariah: Best movie of last year*