Tag: #ComingOut
Filipino President: “I Cured Myself Of Being Gay”
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (image via Flickr/Prachatai)Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial president of the Philippines, joked during a trip to Japan that he had once been gay but ‘cured’ himself upon meeting his ex-wife.
Duterte was in Tokyo for bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and during a public appearance he mocked a political opponent, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, for moving like a gay person.
Rappler, a Filipino newspaper, reports that Duterte was...
Utah County Commissioner Comes Out At 40
County Commissioner Nathan Ivie comes out as gay (screen capture)A Republican county commissioner in Utah came out as gay to his constituents via social media video on Wednesday.
“There’s no easy way to say this, I might as well just jump up and say it — I’m gay,” said Nathan Ivie in the video. “That’s my reality, and that’s what I need to talk to you about today.”
Ivie, a 40-year-old horse trainer,...
A Sprinter Became India’s First Openly Gay Athlete
Images via Instagram @duteechandA professional sprinter just became India’s first openly gay athlete.
Last year, the Indian Supreme Court made a historic decision to decriminalize gay sex. Since then, several LGBTQ people in the country have felt comfortable enough to come out. And now India’s first professional athlete has done so.
Dutee Chand is a 23-year-old sprinter who shares that she has been dating another woman from her village for five years.
“I...
