Kristy McNichol, the 1970's child actress who won two Emmy Awards for her role as the tom-boyish Buddy Lawrence in the acclaimed ABC television drama “Family,” and who later starred [...]

Sometimes we find ourselves in those situations where we can’t reveal who we are completely, where we can’t open ourselves up, and where we can’t speak up. It’s time for me to speak up. My name is Jeremy, I’m 17, .... and… I’m into dudes.

LEHI, Utah -- A Utah school district is on the defensive after outing a 14-year middle school student to his parents, claiming administrators were being "proactive" in preventing possible bullying.

Coming out to people sometimes causes them to freak out a little. Quite often they soon enough thereafter settle down, though, and become okay with what, to them, is the new you. Sometimes the person coming out just has to wait for that uncomfortable storm to pass. It’s unfortunate that people tend to need that adjustment period, but, let’s face it: we humans aren’t the swiftest group in the world.

DALLAS -- In an effort to defuse a whisper campaign about his sexual orientation, a member of the Texas State Board of Education has acknowledged in an email to media [...]

California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani announced Tuesday that she is gay and wanted to come out in order to help young people who may be struggling with their sexual identity. She becomes one of eight openly gay members of the state legislature.

Dan Kloeffler, an ABC News correspondent and occasional anchor on the overnight "World News Now" -- inspired by actor Zachary Quinto's announcement this weekend that he is gay -- has publicly acknowledged that he too is gay.

Actor Zachary Quinto, best known for his roles as Sylar on NBC's "Heroes," and as Spock in the 2009 film version of Star Trek, has publicly announced that he is gay.

John Smid, the former Executive Director of Exodus International’s oldest ministry "Love in Action," has publicly admitted that he is gay, and now says that being LGBTQ is an intrinsic part of a person’s being, not a "behavior" that one can repent from.

This weekend, reader Jenni emailed me the below. What better day than National Coming Out Day to share it with you?

Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day -- the internationally observed day to celebrate coming out and to raise awareness of the LGBT community and LGBT civil rights movement. [...]

Last week, we showed you the video of a 21-year-old airman from Alabama who, in the early morning hours of Sept. 20 -- the day in which "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed -- called his father to reveal for the first time that he’s gay. Now, one week later, the soldier shares the uneasy call to tell his mother.

Actor Sean Maher, the 36-year-old star of "Playboy Club," on Monday revealed that his is gay, and with his partner of nine years, is the proud father of two children.

A young airman from Alabama who has been posting videos on YouTube regarding the now ended policy of "Don't Ask-Don't Tell," put up a new video early Tuesday morning in which he shows his face publicly for the first time as he calls his father to tell him that he's gay.

The school board in Saugatuck, Mich., this week voted against a motion that would have allowed a video on coming out to be part of the eighth-grade sex education curriculum.