The 28-year-old was the runner-up on cycle 20 of the popular reality modeling competition. Marvin Cortes is opening up about his sexuality and living his most authentic life. Earlier this month, the 28-year-old model and content creator took to social media to share with his fans and followers that he…
This rite of passage does not center queerness Check out the original story here: Washington Blade. Coming out is undoubtedly part of the essence of contemporary queer culture. It represents a point in one’s journey to complete self-actualization where they fully accept themselves, their body, and also demand to occupy space…
Austin Swink came out to his Mormon father and his reaction was surprisingly sweet.
British Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed that coming out in a YouTube video in 2013 was “one of the scariest things” he’s ever done and that “growing up as a queer person is very challenging.” Speaking to celebrity stylist Andrew Gelwicks for his upcoming book The Queer Advantage: Conversations with…
Jaden Vazquez, a sophomore linebacker from Bethlehem, Pa., had known he was bisexual for much of his life. Last autumn, in the middle of the football season, Vazquez came to the realization that he just couldn’t hold back who he was anymore. He had told some people back home, including…
This year marks the 50th anniversary since the first pride parade following the 1969 riot at New York City’s Stonewall Inn. Since we’re unable to gather in person this June, Queerty is celebrating pride season with our “Moments of Pride” series. We’re looking back through our archives at stories that have moved…
Many of us have been here. Sneaking off in the department store while our parents or guardians shop, and there it is. The underwear section. Lines upon lines of scantily dressed people printed onto the packaging. Or you’re leafing through a copy of a gossip magazine in the dentist’s office…
Former Republican Rep. Aaron Schock (Ill.), who voted against the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and against expanding hate crimes legislation to include sexual orientation and gender identity, came out as gay in an Instagram post on Thursday, five years after resigning in disgrace over a scandal involving his…
The mother of the gay Australian TV presenter Patrick Abboud has written him a heartfelt letter apologising for her terrible reaction when he came out. Growing up in Sydney, Abboud was raised in a strict Arabic household where he didn’t even know that being gay was even an option. For…
A gay man who escaped persecution in Syria and settled in Canada is now using his experience to help other LGBT+ refugees. Basel Abou Hamrah told CBC Radio that coming out in his home country, or in the refugee camp in Lebanon where he spent two years, would have been too dangerous.…
Adam Lambert says publicly coming out was an “act of defiance,” explaining that as a celebrity being openly queer can be a form of activism, In an interview with BBC News promoting his new EP Velvet: Side A, Lambert revisited his choice to be open about his sexuality from the beginining of his career,…
The mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, came out at age 58. Liberal Party Mayor Jim Watson came out as gay in a letter published in the Ottawa Citizen. “I’m gay,” the letter opens. “There – I said it; or rather, wrote it. Those two words took me almost four decades to utter, but…