From realy star JoJo Siwa to nonbary sger Demi Lovato and gay NFL player Carl Nassib, here are 21 notable g-out stori om 2021.
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IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
What is g out? What is g out really like? And do you even need to e out? Here, LGBTQ+ people share their stori of g out, cludg those who cid to tell their fay and iends they’re gay and those who chose not to. * lgbt stories coming out *
Kyle EllttCareer ach and member of the Gay Coach AllianceI texted my parents my senr year of high school g out, and they were overwhelmgly supportive.
Then, when I was between my hman and sophomore years of llege, I roomed wh someone who was out and queer and, well, we were girliends jt a uple of weeks. Urty of GurzaJP BrammerAuthor of Hola Papi: How to Come Out a Walmart Parkg Lot and Other Life Lsons“I remember when I me out to my nt, whom I’ve always been close to, I said, “Auntie, I thk I’m gay.
Even though we lived Massachetts, which is a liberal state, this was the early 2000s, so still wasn't like is now that people are more ted and everyone seems to know somebody who's gay or a celebry who's nonbary. No one ever said anythg about women likg women beg bad specifilly but I fely heard anti-gay rhetoric om some fay so I never said anythg.
We want to amplify your voice: Click here to share your story! "I was on a road trip wh my parents and was charge of mic selectn. I played My Whole Fay Thks I'm Gay followed by Boys Boys Boys followed by It's Rag Men followed by I'm Comg Out. After the send Boys Boys Boys they asked, "Sweetie, a * lgbt stories coming out *
Years later, bothered me how men would stigmatize gay men but sexualize gay later, bothered me how men would stigmatize gay men but sexualize gay women and I got a ltle more open wh my sexualy but wouldn’t say I was bi. However, my “nephew” (an olr ’s son) was batg g out and so sred bee of a lot of the anti-gay and bigoted rhetoric he had heard around him, his fay and the media. Then, last summer havg a lot of nversatns around BLM and anti-racism and bigotry, my maternal grandmother ed gay slurs and I let her know was unacceptable and that she shouldn’t speak that way as a Christian and havg a gay granddghter.
I would go out at the gay clubs or dtrial metal goth shows (where all the guys are wearg more makp than the girls anyway), but wasn’t my day-to-day realy.
After I graduated and got my first job as a reporter, I me out as gay to my edor, but I knew that where I lived and worked, beg gay and beg trans were two different thgs. Comg out as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or genr non-bary is a personal everyone is a posn where they n be certa they will receive support.
The most clicked on queer stori of 2021 clu a transgenr Miss USA nttant, gay emperors, a nonbary Olympian, lbian bars and more. * lgbt stories coming out *
INSIDER highlighted different personal acunts om self-intified LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, transn, tersex, and asexual) Redd ers dividual story is unique, and there is no right or wrong way or time to e 's note: some of the ntent the stori may be triggerg for some dividuals who have experienced discrimatn or vlence bee of their sexualy or genr INSIDER's homepage for more stori. 'My fam was playg a game where we had to tell a huge secret about ourselv'"Well my fam was playg a game where we had to tell a huge secret about ourselv and I was about to make a joke and say, 'I started my perd' but I only said the 'I' part so my mom was like, 'Are you gay? "'They didn't believe I was gay and had normal parent reactns and to this day ignore the subject'"Lookg back at I knew I was gay for a while.
They didn't believe I was gay and had normal parent reactns and jt to this day ignore the subject and my sexualy which bothers me a lot bee I feel like I n't move forward 'til they accept me for who I am.
For lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people, realizg their sexual orientatn or genr inty and sharg that rmatn wh fay * lgbt stories coming out *
"'I rpond wh, 'I'm gay and hate children' I've never seen a salman look so ashamed of himself and I also me out to my dad at the same time'"I was buyg a r. Comg out was the biggt weight that ever me off my shoulrs'"I got home om church after my nservative pastor gave his most homophobic sermon yet, and I sobbed to my pillow my bedroom. Entertament via Getty ImagThe 18-year-old actor, sger and YouTube superstar — who has cultivated a massive followg of lns of young fans — nfirmed January that she is a part of the LGBTQ+ fall, she beme the first "Dancg Wh the Stars" nttant to be paired wh a same-sex partner, and won rav for her slick rout wh profsnal dancer Jenna more about JoJo Siwa NassibChris Unger via Getty ImagIn June, the Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman announced that he was gay, makg him the first active NFL player history to e out.
“I feel this bt reprents the fluidy I feel my genr exprsn and allows me to feel most thentic and te to the person I both know I am and still am disverg, ” they said on more about Demi Lovato PennNBC via Getty ImagThe "Harold & Kumar" actor and oime Whe Hoe employee me out as gay October, and also revealed that he is engaged to be married.
OsborneErika Goldrg via Getty ImagThe untry sger-songwrer, who is half of the Brothers Osborne, told Time magaze Febary that he is gay. ”Read more about Alexandra Shipp UnrwoodEmma McIntyre via Getty ImagThe former "Bachelor" me out as gay an emotnal "Good Morng Ameri" terview that aired April. "Read more about Laganja Estranja ProkopDerek Lng via Getty ImagThe Nashville Predators prospect me out as gay July, beg the first hockey player unr ntract to an NHL team to do so.