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Gay teenagers Joey and Thomas were told their quotes could "offend." Two gay students have spoken out after discovering that their inspirational coming out quotes were removed from their high school yearbooks. Joey Slivinski and Thomas Swartz, who attend Kearny High School, Missouri, were shocked to find that quotes alluding to their sexuality had been censored by the school after being deemed ‘offensive’. Joey had written underneath his senior yearbook picture: ‘Of course I dress well. I didn’t spend all that time...

The movie comes out this fall Coming out can be a scary and unknown thing, especially to close loved ones. That’s exactly what Chilean director Nicolás López explores in his new comedy Hazlo Como Hombre. Raúl, Eduardo, and Santiago have been best friends since childhood. They play sports together, shower together, and discuss women together. But everything changes when Santiago tells his friends he’s gay. Now, the friends have to confront multiple things, including Santiago’s new boyfriend and trying to ‘convert’ Santiago....

'Being gay doesn’t matter in the context of refereeing a football match' Ryan Atkin has come out as the first openly gay professional football referee in the UK. The 32-year-old has made the move to take on homophobia in the sport. The match official will be undertaking fourth official duties in the EFL and National Leagues in 2017 – 18. ‘Being gay doesn’t matter in the context of refereeing a football match,’ Atkin told Sky Sports. ‘But if I’m speaking about equality and diversity,...

Emo-rap star, who has amassed millions of views on YouTube, has come out at the beginning of his career Rapper Lil Peep didn’t mess around when he decided to come out as bisexual. There was no long letters, no nervous speeches or even a lot of fanfare. The 20-year-old emo-rap star just went on Twitter, and said: ‘Yes I’m bisexual.’ He then asked followers ‘who wants a kiss?’ https://twitter.com/Lilpeep/status/895009325701251073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Frapper-lil-peep-just-come-bisexual-chill-way-possible%2F https://twitter.com/Lilpeep/status/895009487454519296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Frapper-lil-peep-just-come-bisexual-chill-way-possible%2F Thankfully for Peep, his fans took the announcement incredibly well. ‘Das cool just keep dropping bangers,’...

After a rough patch this year, singer Aaron Carter has come out as bisexual on Twitter. A reality that he has toiled with for sometime, according to his words. In his message to the world, he attributes music to being his salvation and quotes Boy George with "I've never felt as though I didn't belong, I just acted as though I did." https://twitter.com/aaroncarter/status/894022605216370688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Faaron-carter-comes-out-bisexual Recently, Carter was arrested for alcohol and drugs, but it seems that this is now the support he may...

We're not crying, you're crying. A farmer came out to his family this week on the Australian TV show This Time Next Year, and it’s got us a bit misty. The show profiles Australians looking to make a big change in the next 365 days, and follow ups with them at the end of the year. Brad Purdy, 36, went on the show with the goal of finding a partner. But he knew to do that he’d have to come out to...

This video is giving us all the feels. Up and coming YouTube vlogger, Oliver Potter, comes out to his 5 year old brother in the cutest video. https://www.instagram.com/p/BW-mFElBdFC/?taken-by=olivervlogss Oliver starts off the conversation about the topic of love with his younger brother Alfie. Alfie jumps right in saying saying that if a mum and a dad love each other, they get in love. Oliver then asks Alfie about marrying a man. His response, "If you marry a man, it's going to be...

The 29-year-old was forced to address comments seemingly made about him by Bryan Fuller earlier this week. Heroes star Thomas Dekker – who played Zach on the NBC series – has come out publicly as gay and revealed that he married his husband back in April. It comes after former Heroes exec Bryan Fuller stated at Outfest that a planned gay storyline was axed by the show following a behind-the-scenes dispute with the actor it involved. “The gay character was het-washed after...

How did the head coach respond? 'No big deal' Scott Frantz, an offensive tackle for Kansas State, has come out as gay. In his first public comments as a gay athlete, the university football star has said he has received nothing but support from coaches and teammates. He told ESPN he came out to his teammates when asked, in a team exercise, to share something about himself. ‘I’ve never felt so loved and so accepted ever in my life than when I did...

Retired bobsledder Simon Dunn thinks that it’s “selfish” for the LGBTQ community to expect athletes to come out of the closet. Though the Australian became the first gay man to represent his country in the Olympics, he still feels homophobia has the potential stamp out the careers of promising LGBTQ athletes — despite the fact that diver Tom Daley, rugby player Keegan Hirst, and freeskiier Gus Kenworthy managed to come out of the closest quite unscathed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BVvN5HBgkIn/ Talking to the London Evening...

Pete wants to add to the 'vast array of voices' that have already said 'it's okay' for people who're struggling with their sexuality. Youtuber Petesjams has come out as bisexual in moving and frank new video. While he never previously felt the need to come out, he now feels being open and honest about who he is important to LGBTI visibility. Describing himself in the ‘easiest way’ as bisexual, Pete actually feels pansexual is a more accurate description. After doing multiple things for...

Congratulations Evan! A high school student named Evan Young gave a graduation speech to remember by coming out to his fellow classmates. His adorable speech is a reminder to be kind to one another. Evan, visibly nervous, started his speech by telling his classmates that he once asked one of his female friends on a date. After having a few classes with the girl in question, Evan “gradually began to notice how adorable she was.” He asked the girl to be his girlfriend,...

Zach and Michael Zakar talk creepy Grindr messages, being gay Iraqis and their biggest foe, their mother Zach and Michael Zakar talk creepy Grindr messages, being gay Iraqis and their biggest foe, their mother The Zakar twins are gay, Arab and living in America. What could go wrong? How about their own Catholic mother trying to ‘de-gay’ them with ‘holy grapes’ while they were sleeping. Since they accidentally came out in high school after a little mishap in the toilet with another boy,...

Fashion and lifestyle blogger and model Carl Cunard made a big reveal on his YouTube channel. “I’d been debating about recording the video for quite some time,” he told his 250,000 followers. “And I’ve seen that a lot of people had done videos like this before and I didn’t want to just jump on the bandwagon.” He continued, “It’s not necessarily something I hide, I am who I am and I’m so proud and happy of who I am and who...