A beautiful and poignant coming out story: Gay teen athlete used weightlifting to keep from killing himself Preston Cope hated who he was growing up in rural Ohio, but is coming to acceptance as he looks to a brighter future. “I was mourning the death of the person I would never be, while simultaneously hating
Handsome, talented Russian violinist posts a touching video about his painful and difficult coming out
Handsome, talented Russian violinist posts a touching video about his painful and difficult coming out: A gay Russian violinist comes out on social media Artem Kolesov, first violinist of the Chicago-based Yas Quartet, has been outraged by reports of gay oppression in Chechnya. So he decided to publish a video testament on being young, Russian
Gay Arabs: It Gets Better–From an Arab Teen
By Moussa Dailyvoiceofreason.com 13 Jan 2012 This is an article by Moussa, a Lebanese young man of 19 who speaks from his own experience of coming out and how life gets much better once we own our sexuality and accept one another. The world we live in can seem like an absolutely terrible place. Worse
The Disease of Homophobia
Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com Mat 14, 2010 Hopefully some day coming out won’t be such a big deal and won’t be news–or do we gay (LGBT people) secretly like the rush of notoriety, the fuss, the ‘news worthy’ event, by appearing to win one more to our club, gaining over the homophobes and discovering the inside
Coming Out at 13 Years Old – an Eternal Truth
Westhampton, MA – September 30, 2009 Richard Ammon – GlobalGayz.com The September 27, 2009 New York Times Magazine cover story of a 13 year-old boy who has come out at school is notable in many ways: -it was published by America’s premier newspaper -it was made a daring headline story with photos -it’s about homosexual
An Appreciation of Gay Rights Advocates and Ellen DeGeneres
Westhampton, MA – August 18, 2009 Richard Ammon – GlobalGayz.com This blog is a note of greeting and appreciation to the many LGBT activists – some whom I know – who made the July 2009 Copenhagen World OutGames Human Rights Conference a profound success: I was delighted and my heart was warmed to see your