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‘Orange is the New Black’ Star Taylor Schilling Comes Out in Girlfriend’s Instagram Post

Orange is the New Black star Taylor Schilling came out this weekend through a social media post posted by her girlfriend, artist Emily Ritz. Ritz posted an Instagram story of the two of them embracing with t...

Former Anti-LGBTQ Republican Congressman Aaron Schock Comes Out as Gay

Former Republican Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has come out as gay on social media. “I am gay,” he wrote in an Instagram post and on his website on Thursday (March 5). “For those who know me and many wh...

Pete Buttigieg Helps 9-year-old Boy Come Out at Campaign Rally

Pete Buttigieg helped a nine-year-old boy come out in a touching moment at a campaign rally in Colorado on Saturday (February 22). Zachary Ro’s question came as Buttigieg answered prompts from the audience. ...

Chasten Buttigieg Opens Up About Meeting Pete on Hinge and Coming Out in “Running Mates” Interview

Chasten Buttigieg has opened up about first meeting his husband and presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on the dating app Hinge, as well as experiencing bullying, homelessness, and sexual assault, in an intervi...

“The Flash” Actor Rick Cosnett Comes Out

The Flash and The Vampire Diaries actor Rick Cosnett came out as gay in a touching Instagram video. In a clip captioned, “Just me, hello,” Cosnett, who played detective Eddie Thawne in The Flash and Dr. Wes ...

Ellen DeGeneres Takes Home Carol Burnett Award at Golden Globes

Out comedian Kate McKinnon celebrated Ellen DeGeneres’s coming out during a speech presenting the talk show host and comedian with the prestigious Carol Burnett Award at this year’s Golden Globes. During her sp...

Bisexuals Less Likely to Be Out to Friends and Family, Survey Finds

Bisexual adults are less likely to be to their close family and friends than gay or lesbian people, according to research analyzed by Pew Research Center. Data from Stanford University found that only 19 per...

Atlanta-Filmed Jungle Cruise Omits “Gay” from Coming Out Scene

Jungle Cruise is set to make history as the first Disney movie with an openly gay character – however, the word gay isn't used in the film, according to TMZ. Jungle Cruise, filmed in Atlanta and based on the...

Sometimes “Y”: Trading in a Closet for a Bubble?

In 2018, I received an apology I wasn't expecting, as well as a kiss I can't remember. Both instances were reminders of what happens when you come out to a large group of people, whether it's family, co-workers...

Study Finds Only Half of LGBTQ Employees Come Out at Work

According to a report released by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to HR Drive, an industry news provider, 80% of LGBTQ employees feel prepared to disclose their identity statuses to their employers, but only ...

Pro Golfer Fujikawa Comes Out

‘’So… I’m gay,” revealed professional golfer Tadd Fujikawa, as he became one of the first out professional male golfers. Outsports reported that Fujikawa came out to his over 6,000 Instagram followers in a p...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Anti-Trans Sign Outside Office

House Passes Equality Act

Biden’s First 30-day LGBTQ Report Card

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

New “United States vs. Billie Holiday” Revisits the Legendary Singer

A Look at HBO Max’s ‘It’s a Sin’

Bianca Del Rio Comes to Atlanta in New Drive-in Drag Show