Tag: coming out

College basketball player Nathan Fort has faced fear, assault and homophobia. Yet, he managed to move on with his life and come to terms with his sexuality and his authentic self. In high school, Nathan Fort had a hard time, as he liked boys but he could not express his feelings. He found refuge in sports and religion, not denying to himself that he liked boys. But he was confused and felt lonely. "Even with some friends and attention, I felt like...

This beautiful performance took place on Italia's Got Talent Show. A gay couple decided to show the whole public their incredibly intimate and special performance on the latest series of Italy’s Got Talent Show. The couple, who demonstrated perfect dance skills shocked four judges of the show - Claudio Bisio, Frank Matano, Luciana Littizzetto and Nina Zilli. They were moved by the performance of these cute guys - Umberto and Roberto. The couple admitted that they had already come out to their mothers, but...

"It just takes one person to be brave enough to do it." Russell Tovey has said he hopes a gay footballer will come out in the next few years, but acknowledges it would be a “terrifying prospect.” The actor is currently starring in the The Pass, a film about a closeted Premiership football player, adapted from the play Tovey starred in on the West End. It opens the BFI Flare tomorrow night (March 16) in London. Speaking to the Evening Standard about...

Jim Parsons, the actor and star of The Big Bang Theory, outed in 2012, stated that he wasn’t ever actually living a “closeted” life, but when a reporter once outed him as a gay man he felt relieved like a ton of bricks were lifted off his shoulders. He said that he never really tried to hide the fact that he’s gay, but at the same time, he wasn’t broadcasting the fact either. He said that he doesn’t care...

After 11 memorable seasons on one of the longest running non-animated scripted shows on cable, Mac, the Christian fundamentalist-spouting, tough-talking “sheriff of Paddy’s” has come out as gay. But perhaps the biggest news is that everyone on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia seemed to either suspect or know Mac was gay before he did. The show, which originally aired on FX but subsequently moved to FXX, follows “The Gang,” a group of five underachievers: twins Dennis Reynolds (Glenn Howerton) and Deandra...

Steve Grand is an out gay man, currently following a career in the music industry. His iconic gay song All-American Boy has been so successful to the public, especially to the gay public as it tells the story of a gay man falling in love with a straight boy. Steve talked about every detail about the song and how he felt about it, bout the depths and the meanings, the way it impacted the audience and how important the song...

Ellen Page: "Being in the closet hurt my career more than coming out." Hollywood actor Ellen Page has said staying in the closet hurt her career more than coming out as gay did. She initially said she was unsure whether Hollywood’s treatment of LGBT actors was improving. “It’s hard for me to know — I’m not in rooms where people are making decisions of who to send what to, and the truth is, I’m absolutely not focusing on it. She went on to say:...

Coming out to parents is one of the hardest things to do when you are gay person. I believe that parents must be educated in this way, even through media. And McCafe has made a step in this direction with a promo video about a son coming out to his father. The ad is part of More Warmth in Conversations campaign ran by the Asian fast food chains and it features a boy and his father having coffee. The boy writes "I love boys"...

The 27 years old actor Reid Ewing, best known as one of the characters from the popular American sitcom "Modern Family" made his coming out, claiming that he is gay. On his Twitter Reid wrote that his friends as well as all members of his family have long time known about his homosexuality. Answering one of his fan’s questions on Twitter as for being «outed», the actor referred that he has never been «in» and he considers himself as “hot”. His followers...

Thierry Henry, legendary footballer for Arsenal and France, spoke during an interview on Sky News this week about gay footballers coming out, amid rumors that two Premier League footballers are ready to make a public announcement soon to that effect. Talking to Sky, Henry said playing along side a gay footballer is "great for any human being". Henry was playing in America, for the New York Red Bulls, when Robbie Rogers was playing for LA Galaxy. Rogers came out in 2013,...

"Make a coming out and be yourselves," - said the famous actor of such well known films as "Lord of the Rings", "Hobbit" and "X-Men" who ardently supports the LGBT movement, took part in the Gay Pride and even claimed the whole world to be gay himself. visioonid.ee Sir Ian McKellen encourages all actors to make the mass coming out, because it is no longer considered as a career-killer. theboltonnews.co.uk 76-year-old British actor came out during his speech on the radio in 1988. Later, he...

Almost a million of LGBT Americans have made their coming out on Facebook this year. A significant increase of users’ recognition in social networks has become a great testament of the LGBT movement achievements. A new investigation showed that almost one million of LGBT Americans have made their coming out with the help of Facebook this year. mic.com Within 12 months, nearly 800,000 of Americans admitted their homosexuality or their transgender identity in the world's most popular social network. It was made by...

Do you remember how long it took Ricky Martin to come out? And how he was “having a girlfriend” before publicly coming out? fanpop.com MTV star Tyler Posey seems to create confusion in the LGBT world, the same way Ricky Martin did. On one hand he has a fiancée, Seana Gorlick and he declared he is straight, and on another hand he also declared he has a Grindr Account and he jokes about the bond between him and his male co-workers...

I started liking girls since second grade, but I had no idea what was happening to me. I remember refusing flowers from boys and at the same time trying to get closer to them to see what happens. I never got too close because I couldn’t. I guess it’s just normal not to go further with getting closer to someone you are not attracted to. Trees cannot blossom in winter, right? It’s just normal. At some point, in sixth grade I've made...