After a very heated and public Norman, Oklahoma City Council meeting on September 28, during which the council debated a proclamation recognizing October as Gay, Lesbian,...
Our next story in The Out October Project comes from a guy named Nick who found support where he didn’t think he would. These types of...
Superstar out actor and TV host and personality Tim Gunn reveals that as a teenager, during a period of “despair,” he attempted suicide. “I understand the...
As you know, here at The New Civil Rights Movement we decided to stretch National Coming Out Day — which is today — into National Coming...
Glee star Chris Colfer sits down with Ellen and tells her about being bullied in high school “every day.” He also shares his embarrassing moment of meeting Lady...
Our sixth story comes from another religious young man who happens to be bisexual. It is in his friends he finds the acceptance he needs and...
Editor’s note: The author of this piece, J. Rudy Flesher, is a Philadelphia based actor, blogger and college student. After a three-year detour working in health...
Our fifth story in our Out October series is this video showing a man named Zach who went into the military after his father, lead bible...
This video hit me hard, what with all the things that are going on as of late and all of the suicides we have been hearing...
Editor’s Note: Sometimes we must be reminded that coming out is a process, it isn’t over in a day. It takes courage, and you don’t always...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6o1io2oA1dg%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US%26border%3D1 Remember: Nothing is ever worth taking your life. The Trevor Project: a 24-hour hotline for gay and questioning youth: 866-4-U-TREVOR (488-7386) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:...
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes out to take a stand in favor of marriage equality. https://youtube.com/watch?v=rgMYjhO4wK4%3Ffs%3D1%26hl%3Den_US%26border%3D1
Editor’s note: This is the second in our month-long series, “The Out October Project,” designed to “help bring realization into people’s lives that there are others...
I created “Out October” as a month-long series dedicated to sharing stories of hope and strength. Stories that highlight people finding their way. Stories that tell...
Despite rain and startling cold weather, at least two thousand people converged upon Manhattan’s Washington Square Park, the heart of New York University’s Greenwich Village campus,...