Results for: be the change
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Everybody Should Come Out, Or Not
Someone thinks Margaret Cho outed John Travolta, Fastrack thinks kids should come out, Ángeles Álvarez thinks lesbian politicians should come out, and now that Jason Collins is out, Andy West thinks everyone should come out.
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Jodie Foster Coming Out: “This Is Something For Us.”
Out actress Haviland Stillwell on what Jodie Foster’s coming out means to a gay girl who grew up Before Ellen and is now witnessing a rapidly-evolving climate of outness for gays in Hollywood.
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Coming Out As An Amorphous Weirdo
“It wasn’t until I kissed the second girl that even my therapist at the time laughed at me and told me maybe it was time to accept that my sexuality was not as cut-and-dry as I’d always imagined.”
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National Coming Out Day OPEN THREAD Wants To Hear Your Stories
The most important part about coming out is talking about it! Let’s all share our feelings in this open thread.
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Straight Allies: Every Little Bit Helps
Resources to help your friends help you.
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Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned
“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”
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Coming Out: Yet Another Roundtable
“Coming out never ends, and for some of you it hasn’t even begun.”
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People in Glass Closets: Anderson Cooper and Straight Responses to Coming Out
When heterosexuals ask, “why does Anderson Cooper have to come out as gay,” I reply: “because you do not have to come out as heterosexual.”
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It’s National Coming Out Day and We’re Thinking of You
What does National Coming Out Day mean to you?
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When I Knew I Was a Boy
“Until I hit puberty, I basically looked like a boy 65% of the time and got kicks out of shocked looks in the girls’ bathroom.”
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Cracking the Coming Out Code
Ricky Martin came out yesterday. Sean Hayes came out a few weeks ago. My Mom came out in 1995. Is it only a matter of time before everyone comes out? Riese investigates and Alex makes infographics and together we get to the bottom of this well of homosexiness.
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When Did You Know You Were a Lesbian? Shocking Stories of Self-Discovery in the Roundtable Part 2
When did you know you were gay? Kate McKinnon found her inner gay on the X-Files, Rachel Maddow used “rational deduction” — and Autostraddle presents our own personal stories of sexual awakening.
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“When I Knew I Was Gay” #1: What Would Happen If One Woman Told The Truth About Her Life
Riese tells one of many versions of her story, Laneia tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The latter is the most important thing we’ve ever published on Autostraddle.