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Queer Celebs on Their Favorite Coming-Out Stories

Celebrities at the GLAAD Media Awards tell The Advocate whose coming-out inspired them.

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How many LGBTQ+ adults are out of the closet? Almost all — with these exceptions

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Around 96 percent of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States said they have told at least one person in their life that they are or might be queer, according to a Pew Research Center (PRC) survey conducted in January.

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Tennessee high school student-athlete banned from graduation after coming out on social media

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Morgan Armstrong came out in a social media post. Then she was suspended and threatened by her school

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A student-athlete who was banned from graduating with her classmates after she came out in a social media post is suing her high school, local NBC and ABC affiliates WSMV and WTVC report. Keep Reading →

Dad's heartwarming reaction to his son coming out as gay goes viral 8 years later

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Polish ski jumper Andrzej Stękała comes out as gay in heartbreaking post mourning partner's death

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To this pro men's tennis player, coming out was 'so normal that I didn’t think about it'

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