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DC Principal Comes Out as Gay at School Event

Pete Cahall says his own students inspired him

(Newser) - That a principal would address his students during an annual assembly in support of gay rights isn't that unusual. That he would come out as gay during his remarks is a little more so. Such was the case this week at DC's Wilson High School, where principal Pete...

Nets Sign Jason Collins, NBA's First Openly Gay Player

Will play tonight as 10-day contract begins

(Newser) - Jason Collins has signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets and is set to become the first active openly gay player in the NBA. Collins will join the Nets for their game tonight in Los Angeles against the Lakers. The 35-year-old center revealed at the end of last season...

Juno's Ellen Page: 'I Am Gay'

Actress says she is 'tired of lying by omission'

(Newser) - Actress Ellen Page just raised the bar on coming-out announcements. "I’m here today because I am gay," the 26-year-old said last night during a moving speech at a Human Rights Campaign event in Vegas, reports the Hollywood Reporter . "And because maybe I can make a difference....

Stewart: If Only Michael Sam Had Just Killed Dogs

'Daily Show' host points out some NFL hypocrisy

(Newser) - Michael Sam could be the first gay football player in the NFL —assuming he actually gets drafted. Now that the University of Missouri lineman has come out, Sports Illustrated talked to personnel directors in the NFL who confirmed that some team managers just don't want to deal with...

Robin Roberts Comes Out

 Robin Roberts 
 Comes Out 
Dec 30, 2013 5:44 AM CST

Robin Roberts Comes Out

Thanks girlfriend in Facebook post

(Newser) - Robin Roberts came out to colleagues and friends long ago, but in a Facebook post yesterday, she opened up to the public for the first time. In a post marking a year since the "critical milestone of 100 days post-transplant," she thanked all those who have helped her...

Brian Boitano: I&#39;m Gay
 Brian Boitano: I'm Gay 
Dec 19, 2013 12:23 PM CST

Brian Boitano: I'm Gay

Comes out after being named to Sochi Olympics US delegation

(Newser) - Turns out the US is sending three openly gay athletes as part of its delegation to the Sochi Olympics , because Brian Boitano is also headed there and the figure skater just came out today. "I am many things: a son, a brother, and uncle, a friend, an athlete, a...

Stop Asking Gay People How They Came Out
 Stop Asking Gay People 
 How They Came Out 
OPINION
Oct 11, 2013 12:01 PM CDT

Stop Asking Gay People How They Came Out

For some, it's a topic they don't want to revisit: Mark Joseph Stern

(Newser) - It's National Coming Out Day, and Mark Joseph Stern marks it with a message for straight people: Please, don't ask your gay friends to tell you their coming out stories. "On television, coming out is usually greeted with celebratory affection at best, distressed confusion at worst,"...

Raven-Symone Comes Out Via Tweet

Actress applauds her right to gay marriage

(Newser) - Actress and former Cosby star Raven-Symone has made a point to keep her private life private, but the Huffington Post reports that she changed all that yesterday with this tweet : "I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you." A rep explains that she had just...

NBA&#39;s Jason Collins: I&#39;m Gay




 NBA's Jason Collins: I'm Gay 
Apr 29, 2013 11:21 AM CDT

NBA's Jason Collins: I'm Gay

First active American pro athlete to come out

(Newser) - Free agent NBA center Jason Collins came out of the closet today, in a cover story op-ed for Sports Illustrated that makes him the first active NBA player—and the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport—to do so. "I wish I wasn't...

Meningitis Spreading Via Gay Sex: Officials

Health dept. urges men to get vaccinated

(Newser) - New York City's health department is warning men who engage in anonymous, gay sex to get vaccinated against meningitis, ABC News reports. An outbreak has already killed seven New Yorkers and sickened 22, spreading mostly through men who meet at bars, parties, or online. "I urge all men...

Boy Scouts Takes Poll, Asks About Bunking With Gays

Survey goes out to 1.1M scouts

(Newser) - As the Boy Scouts of America continues to wrestle with the question of whether to admit gay members and leaders, it's decided to take members' opinions into account. Some 1.1M scouts and their families received surveys recently, with questions like:
  • Should gay scouts be allowed to share tents
...

Pope&#39;s Living Arrangements Are a Little, Er, Weird
Pope's Living Arrangements Are a Little, Er, Weird
andrew sullivan
Feb 27, 2013 3:25 PM CST

Pope's Living Arrangements Are a Little, Er, Weird

Andrew Sullivan thinks Benedict and male secretary are in 'some kind of love'

(Newser) - Andrew Sullivan thinks the strangest part of Pope Benedict's post-papal plans is that he will go on living with Georg Gaenswein, his longtime personal secretary at the Vatican, even as Gaenswein serves the new pope. "So Benedict’s handsome male companion will continue to live with him, while...

Boy Scouts Leaders in Talks to End Gay Ban

If board approves, change could be announced next week

(Newser) - After many years and much controversy, the Boy Scouts of America is close to ending its ban on gay members, scouting officials and other sources tell NBC News . The new policy being considered would dump the ban from the national organization's rules, but local chapters would still have the...

Church Billboard: 'Time for Jesus to Come Out'

New Zealand reverend: 'Would it make a difference?'

(Newser) - Nothing controversial here: A church in New Zealand has put up a billboard urging Jesus to come out of the closet as gay, Stuff (NZ) reports. "It's Christmas," reads the billboard in Auckland. "Time for Jesus to come out." But Rev. Glynn Cardy at St....

Judge to CA: You Can't Ban 'Gay Cures'

Temporary injunction blocks new law from being applied to 3 people

(Newser) - Sorry, California, but you can't ban gay-to-straight "conversion" therapy for minors just yet, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law in September prohibiting so-called "gay cures," the first law of its kind in the US. But the judge found that the law,...

Poll: 3.4% of US Adults Are Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

LGBT identification highest among younger, non-white, less educated

(Newser) - A new survey has found that 3.4% of US adults identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. The Gallup poll, believed to be the largest ever aimed at calculating the LGBT population, interviewed more than 121,000 people. The findings upend some stereotypes about the community. "If...

Jerry Brown Signs Bill Banning 'Gay Cures'

But conservatives say they'll fight the law in court

(Newser) - California Gov. Jerry Brown made history yesterday by signing the nation's first legislation banning "gay cure" therapy for minors, the LA Times reports. "This bill bans non-scientific 'therapies' that have driven young people to depression and suicide,'' Brown said. "These practices have no...

Boy Scouts: Ban on Gays Stands

Committee reviewing issue was unanimous in its conclusion

(Newser) - The Boy Scouts isn't budging one inch on its policy of excluding homosexuals from its ranks. The AP reports that the organization today "emphatically reaffirmed" the ban, which applies to both Scouts and leaders. The committee tasked with carrying out the confidential two-year review "came to the...

Anderson Cooper: I&#39;m Gay
 Anderson Cooper: I'm Gay 
Jul 2, 2012 10:34 AM CDT

Anderson Cooper: I'm Gay

CNN journalist comes out in email to Andrew Sullivan

(Newser) - It's been a subject of speculation for years, but Anderson Cooper has finally come out and said it: He's gay. Coop publicly broke the news in an email to Andrew Sullivan , who had asked him about the trend of high-profile gay people coming out in a less headline-grabbing...

DC&#39;s Green Lantern Now Gay
 DC's Green Lantern Now Gay 
Jun 1, 2012 1:32 PM CDT

DC's Green Lantern Now Gay

But this version of superhero is a reboot

(Newser) - Green Lantern, one of DC Comics' oldest and most enduring heroes no matter what parallel earth he's on, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a proud, mighty, and openly gay hero. The change is revealed in the pages of the second issue of...

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