From an engagement at NYC's Pri March to a profsnal athlete announcg "I'm gay," here are some of NBC Out's top good news stori of 2018.
Contents:
- GAY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
- HAPPY & GAY
- HAPPY & GAY
- ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
GAY
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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
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” Becerra also said that rtorg the health re protectns for gay and transgenr people aligns the partment wh a Supreme Court se 2020 that termed that laws agast to sex discrimatn the workplace and employment also protect gay and transgenr people. Israel lifted 'nigratg' rtrictns on blood donatns by gay menIsrael jt announced would be liftg rtrictns on blood donatns by gay men, sayg the sayg the limatn was discrimatory and 's health mister Nzan Horowz, who is openly gay, announced on Twter and Facebook that the Health Mistry had “removed the gradg and irrelevant qutns” blood donor qutnnair, that everyone would be treated equally regardls of sexual orientatn, and that was "a remnant of a stereotype that belongs to history. A new study found that suici rat fell by 46% after gay marriage was legalized Swen and DenmarkSuici rat among those same-sex relatnships have fallen signifintly both Denmark and Swen sce the legalizatn of gay marriage, acrdg to a jot study by the Danish Rearch Instute for Suici Preventn and Stockholm the study, rearchers pared suici rat for people same-sex and heterosexual relatnships the perds 1989–2002 and 2003– rearchers found that between the two perds, the number of suicis among people same-sex unns fell by a staggerg 46%, pared to a cle of about 28% the number of suicis by people heterosexual relatnships.
Ante Erlangsen, the lead thor, told the Rters Foundatn that, along wh other gay rights legislatn, same-sex marriage may have rced feelgs of social stigmatizatn among some LGBTQ+ people. Gay marriage was legalized Swen 2009 and Denmark 2012, wh both natns seen as global lears for LGBTQ+ rights.
Makg NFL history, Carl Nassib announced he’s gay and ma a $100, 000 donatn to The Trevor Project for LGBTQ+ youth suici preventnLas Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to announce he's gay. A new Alabama law will remove all anti-LGBTQ language om the state’s tn curriculumEffective July 1, a new law Alabama will remove all anti-LGBTQ language om the state's tn law remov the requirement for teachers to tell stunts that homosexualy is “not a liftyle acceptable to the general public” and that “homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state. “Endg state-mandated homophobia sex ed is a hard-won fight by advot who’ve been workg toward this for years, ” Courtney Roark, Alabama policy and movement buildg director for URGE, said a statement.
WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE
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Brish veterans who were dismissed for beg LGBTQ+ n now reclaim their medalsIn Febary of this year, the Brish ernment admted that their pre-2000 policy to only allow heterosexual people to serve the ary was a “historic wrong, ” CNN heterosexual people were allowed to serve the Brish Armed Forc until the turn of the century, and service members whose sexualy was disvered often had their honors removed before they were gay and bisexual Brish veterans who were stripped of their medals bee of their sexualy will be able to reclaim change after a legal mpaign by Falklands War veteran Joe Oalice, who was forced om the Royal Navy after 18 years of service 1993 for beg bisexual. ': FDNY first rponrs get engaged at NYC PriTracy Bermuz, left, and Tayreen Bonilla kiss after Bermuz proposed durg the Pri para New York on June 24, Betancur / Getty ImagIn the midst of the march— which clud tens of thoands of participants and an timated 2 ln onlookers — Tdy Bermuz, an FDNY emergency medil technician, proposed to her girliend, FDNY paramedic Tayreen Mart, Major League Soccer player, says, 'I'm gay'Mnota Uned midfielr Coll Mart ntrols the ball as Sportg Kansas Cy forward Diego Rub chas durg the first half of an MLS soccer game on Oct. Anthony Souffle / Star Tribune via AP fileIn an exclive terview wh NBC News, Mart said his teammat already knew that he was gay before he me out publicly.
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18, Godlki / AP fileWhen Deidre Downs was crowned Miss Ameri more than a ago, the ia of legalized gay marriage and Miss Ameri later marryg her same-sex partner Alabama would have been an unimagable future. Courty Helen Grace JamHelen Grace Jam had been subjected to tense scty for weeks the 1950s by the Office of Special Invtigatns (OSI), which was vtigatg service members spected of beg gay.
They had even followed her to a lbian dance club Cowboys lebacker out as gay, announc weddgDallas Cowboys lebacker Jeff Rohrer / AP“I’ve given at least five people heart attacks wh this news, ” Jeff Rohrer said. ”Michelle Obama reveals she snuck out of Whe Hoe to celebrate gay marriage lgFormer first lady Michelle Obama kicks off her "Beg" book tour wh a signg at the Semary Co-op bookstore on Nov.
Statned on a ship Yokosa, Japan, the 24-year-old performs for his fellow Navy sailors while also fulfillg the role of his squadron’s admistrative supervisor by fay's first gay weddg: Lord Mountbatten to marry partnerBridwell Uffculme, Devon. Maque monkeys equently have gay sexRearchers have found that 72 percent of male maqu engaged same-sex mountg. (CNN) — Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
HAPPY & GAY
Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.
ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.
'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".