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Willamette kicker is first active college football player to come out as LGBT
SALEM, Ore. — Williamette University freshman kicker Conner Mertens has come out as bisexual, becoming the first active college football player to come out as LGBT.
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Kenyan author comes out as gay in response to anti-laws in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Binyavanga Wainaina, the African author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, has announced he is gay to protest laws criminalizing homosexuality on the continent.
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Champion Brazilian diver Ian Matos comes out as gay
Champion Brazilian diver Ian Matos has come out publicly as gay in an interview with the newspaper Correio.
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Hitzlsperger hopes his coming out will make it easier for other gay athletes
BERLIN — Encouraged by others who have come out as gay, retired soccer player Thomas Hitzlsperger is hoping going public will help make it easier for other sporting stars to do the same.
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The ‘outing’ of Aaron Schock: It actually matters how he plays in Peoria
YES – it is the media’s responsibility to accurately report on hypocrisy. For reporters to specifically exclude facts about gay hypocrites is itself, a hostile act proclaiming homosexuality is so shameful that it is exempted from the normal rules of good journalism. Unfortunately, journalist Itay Hod jumped the gun and spoke out before he presented any indisputable evidence. As far as I’m concerned, Congressman Aaron Schock is still a gay bashing heterosexual Republican who simply has a bit of fashion sense…
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Former World Cup player from Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger comes out as gay
BERLIN — A former World Cup player from Germany became the biggest name in soccer to come out as gay, saying he wants to break down the stigma of homosexuality in sports.
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Don Lemon on why it’s still important for famous people to publicly come out
CNN’s Don Lemon ended the “OutFront” broadcast on Monday night by commenting about Robin Roberts’ coming out, and why it’s important for other famous people to publicly come out as well.
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Michelle Obama, celebrities add to support for GMA’s Robin Roberts
LOS ANGELES — Michelle Obama is leading an outpouring of support for Robin Roberts after the “Good Morning America” news anchor’s first public acknowledgement of her 10-year, same-sex relationship with massage therapist Amber Laign.
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‘Good Morning America’ host Robin Roberts comes out as lesbian
Robin Roberts, the popular host of “Good Morning America” who for years has struggled with breast cancer and bone marrow disease, revealed Sunday that she is in a long term relationship with another woman.
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Olympic figure skating champ Brian Boitano says he’s gay
Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano came out on Thursday, two days after he was named to the U.S. delegation for Sochi along with openly gay athletes Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow.