By Nick Levine — 2020
Though pop culture often portrays queer people successfully coming out young, a generation of our closeted LGBTQ elders might disagree.
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A teacher of meditation and mindfulness, Larry Yang is committed to serving multicultural, queer and activist communities.
The days of two genders—male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink—are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving.
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Morgana Bailey has been hiding her true self for 16 years. In a brave talk, she utters four words that might not seem like a big deal to some, but to her have been paralyzing. Why speak up? Because she’s realized that her silence has personal, professional and societal consequences.
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What is it like to raise a child who’s different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents—asking them: What’s the line between...
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Yen Nguyen is an LGBTI activist from Vietnam. She started working as a volunteer almost ten years ago, organizing a group of activists through online forums, and this project later developed into one of the most important LGBTI-focused NGOs in Vietnam.
An insightful memoir from a figure skating champion about her life as a bisexual professional athlete, perfect for readers of Fierce by Aly Raisman and Forward by Abby Wambach.
Megan Rapinoe calls out Sports Illustrated; Rick Strom breaks it down.
Las Vegas Raiders DE Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay when he made the announcement, and pledged a $100,000 donation to the Trevor Project, on Instagram on Monday. Mina Kimes joins SportsCenter to discuss the importance of Nassib’s announcement.
For decades gay athletes have feared losing endorsement deals if they came out publicly. Today they don’t have to have that fear, with various companies fully embracing out gay athletes.