Tag: National Coming Out Day

This is the Hollywood gossip you never knew you never needed, but here it is anyway. Neil Patrick Harris stopped by The View this week to chat about National Coming Out Day, his adorable twins, and that one time Whoopi Goldberg promised him sex. The How I Met Your Mother star worked with Goldberg in 1988 and still remembers his last day on set. “You know, I did my first movie ever with Whoopi Goldberg. A movie called ‘Clara’s Heart,’” Harris said. Then...

Swimmer John Kim thought that this year’s National Coming Out Day was the right time for him to finally share a secret he’s been hiding for too longer. Kim is a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute and also the recently elected captain of the school’s Division 1 swimming team. Kim shared with Outsports that he finally came out to his friends and team, which scared him beyond belief. "My fear was based on the school being conservative and tradition-laden,” he said...

The city of Orlando unveiled a new rainbow crosswalk to honor the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Completed in time for National Coming Out Day, the crosswalk was created in response to a change.org petition that was signed by over 2,000 people who called upon the city to establish the rainbow crossing, "to honor both the memory of the victims and the struggle of the survivors from the Pulse nightclub shooting." "Rainbow crosswalks have been installed in cities from...

The 25-year-old Olympic skier shared a personal photo of himself and boyfriend Matthew Wilkas. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy celebrated National Kissing Day by posting a photo of him and boyfriend Matthew Wilkas to Instagram. The 25-year-old former Attitude cover star, who was one of the first men from the world of action sports to come out, also reminded his followers that coming out isn’t something that can be rushed. “The objective of this day, first and foremost, isn’t to force anybody out of...

On National Coming Out Day, Lancaster University health professor Elizabeth McDermott looks at why it’s often still so difficult to be out and proud. A few months ago, I interviewed a 19-year-old bisexual woman and asked her why she had found it so difficult to “come out”. She replied: “I just had hate coming at me from all sides”. It may seem odd that a young woman living in the UK has experienced hostility because of her sexual orientation. The UK has made many legislative changes to...