President Obama came out in support of gay marriage yesterday. This gay guy wonders:why is homosexuality still a big deal?
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To All the Tylers Out There: It Doesn’t Get Perfect-But it Gets Better
When the story of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers University student who tragically committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington bridge, started popping up in the news headlines, my first thought was “man, why would an 18-year old kid kill himself over something seemingly so trivial?”. His roommate and another Rutgers student bugged his dorm room and broadcast footage of Tyler making out with another guy. After all, we live in an era when the minutiae of our lives is […]
Dear Ricky…
So, Ricky Martin came out of the closet the other day via a letter on his website. When you break it all down, it’s one of the more eloquent self-outings in recent memory-not only because Ricky didn’t decide to do it in exchange for a magazine cover but also because it wasn’t attached to scandal. The Latin pop heartthrob essentially said he was tired of publicly living a lie and was being publicly honest for his own personal freedom and […]