Gay Couple Booted Out of Chigo Cab on Historic Day - Lakeview, IL - The driver didn't like that the two men were holdg hands, so he ncelled the fare, left them the ra and drove away.
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- OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS FOR SUMMER FORTLIVGOCTOBER 7, 2020ABC NEWS' ALEX PEREZ ON G OUT: IT 'ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE'8:43LEFT URTY ALEX PEREZ | LEFT ABC NEWSTHE STORY OF THE PRI PARABY ALEX PEREZVIO BY CHRIS CIRILLO, TONY MORRISONSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!OCT. 11 IS NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. FOR MANY LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, G OUT VOLV SHARG THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND/OR GENR INTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOUNG PEOPLE SEARCH OF SUPPORT THEIR INTI N NTACT THE TREVOR PROJECT'S TREVORLIFELE 24/7 AT 1-866-488-7386 OR BY TEXTG START TO 678678.MY MEMORY OF THE DAY IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.I WAS FIFTH GRA, ENJOYG MY FAVORE PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY -- RECS! MONKEY BARS, EEZE TAG, DODGE BALL -- BASILLY ANYTHG THAT WOULD DISTRACT ME OM WHAT I THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS BORG: STG AT MY SK.BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR I N REMEMBER FEELG A LTLE DIFFERENT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM ON THIS DAY 37 YEARS AGO I MA MY BUT ON THIS ?. MAYBE THE 'O OM AG 7-10 SHOULD MAKE A EBACK? A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 27, 2017 AT 6:38AM PDT MY IENDS, WHO I'D KNOWN SCE KRGARTEN, AND I PRETTY MUCH AGREED ON EVERYTHG.WE ALL GOT NTENDO AT THE SAME TIME, DRSED SIARLY AND FOUND THE SAME THGS UNTERTG; WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD TOGETHER.THAT DAY, SEEMED LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED TO GET THIS GAME OF DODGEBALL STARTED.THE GUYS -- MY IENDS AND FELLOW FIFTH GRARS -- WERE ALL HUDDLED UP.SO I JOED THE CIRCLE, TRYG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYONE WAS WHISPERG ABOUT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAY 16, 2013 AT 8:35AM PDT TURNS OUT, THEY WERE ALL ENAMORED WH A NEW FEMALE CLASSMATE WHO HAD TRANSFERRED TO OUR CLASS. HEARG THE OTHER BOYS, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DISNNECT THAT I HAD NEVER TECTED BEFORE.THE ATTRACTN AND FEELGS THEY WERE SCRIBG WERE FOREIGN TO ME.BUT I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT, MOSTLY FOR FEAR I'D OPEN MYSELF UP TO RIDICULE.EDOR'S PICKS1ABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCTOBER 11, 20222ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCTOBER 11, 20223ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCTOBER 11, 2022I HAD BEEN LLED SISSY EARLIER THAT YEAR -- AND STUNG.BADLY.NOT BEG MYSELF THAT ONE RANDOM DAY FIFTH GRA WOULD BEE THE SHAKY FOUNDATN I WOULD LIVE NEARLY TWO S OF MY LIFE -- PRETENDG TO BE SOMETHG I WASN'T.I FEARED BEG THE BUTT OF JOK.I FEARED MY TRADNALLY CUBAN, MACHISTA FAY WOULD ABANDON ME.I FEARED REJECTN. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAY 2, 2013 AT 10:17AM PDT THE WERE TOUGH THGS TO UNRSTAND AS A YOUNG ADULT, SO I DIDN'T EVEN TRY!I SIMPLY BSHED THAT TERNAL "WHO AM I?" NVERSATN UNR THE RPET FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.ALONG THE WAY, AS I TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF MY EMOTNS, I DATED AND GOT TO LOVE SOME TLY AMAZG WOMEN THAT TGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT CHARACTER AND BEG TE TO ONELF.BY THE TIME I TURNED 24, THE TOLL OF PRETENDG TO BE SOMETHG I WASN'T HAD TURNED TO PURE AGONY.I ULD BARELY MTER THE FORCED S OR FAKE, CHEERY NVERSATNS.WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SOMETHG I ULD IGNORE FOR THE RT OF MY LIFE, LED ME TO A EP PRSN. I EVEN NSIRED THE UNTHKABLE.WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO ON LIVG A LIFE WHERE I ULD NEVER BE MYSELF?THE QUTN, FOR ONE VERY DARK PERD OF MY LIFE, WAS STUCK ON REPEAT MY MD.BUT THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO HARNS THOSE DARK THOUGHTS.INSTEAD OF BEATG MYSELF UP, I MA THE NSC CISN TO TAKE STOCK OF ALL THE MANY THGS I HAD ACPLISHED.I HAD FIED THE ODDS GROWG UP A BLACK KID A RELATIVELY POOR, VLENT NEIGHBORHOOD, BEG THE FIRST ONE MY FAY TO ATTEND LLEGE AND PURSUE A REER -- NOT JT A JOB.IF I ULD CELEBRATE THE BS AND PIEC OF ME, WHY ULDN'T I CELEBRATE ALL OF ME?THAT WAS THE QUTN THAT WAS NOW STUCK ON REPEAT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM TBT || CIR 2002: LIVHOT AT NEW MEXI STATE UNIVERSY'S AGGIE STADIUM. AT THIS POT MY REER I HAD DONE FEWER THAN 10 LIVHOTS, AND HAD A LUMP MY THROAT BEFORE EACH ONE. JT BEFORE THE LIVHOT, I WOULD SPRAY LOGNE ON MYSELF AND POP A BREATHE MT MY MOUTH. AS IF THE VIEWERS ULD SMELL ME! I STILL DO THE MT THG, BTW. #THROWBACKTHURSDAY A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 13, 2014 AT 9:44AM PDT SO, I WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND TOLD MY MOM FIRST."THOSE PEOPLE YOU SOMETIM TALK ABOUT MOM, WELL I'M ONE OF THEM," I SAID.BAFFLED, SCE I PROVID ZERO NTEXT, SHE REPLIED, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT ARE YOU TALKG ABOUT? ARE YOU TROUBLE?"I PSED.SUDNLY THERE WAS A LUMP MY THROAT AND SEEMED MY VOICE HAD VANISHED.AFTER ABOUT 30 SENDS, AND MENTALLY JUMPG OFF OF MOUNT EVERT, I SQUEALED AS IF SOMEONE HAD H THE FAST-FORWARD BUTTON ON MY VOICE."I'M GAY, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I'M A GAY MAN AND I N'T HOLD ANY MORE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MOM."SHE PSED AND STARTED TO TAKE EP BREATHS FOR ABOUT 10 SENDS -- WHICH FELT LIKE 10 YEARS -- AND THEN SHE SAID, "THAT DON'T CHANGE ANYTHG! YOU'RE MY SON.""I LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER STOP LOVG YOU AND I'M HERE NO MATTER WHAT."SUDNLY EVERY SGLE SECURE, HORRIFYG, UNFORTABLE MOMENT I HAD UNTIL THAT POT FLASHED BEFORE ME. BUT THOSE MOMENTS SOMEHOW, STANTLY, DIDN'T MATTER ANYMORE.TEARS STREAMED DOWN MY FACE.MY SHOULRS SUDNLY FELT LIGHT.MY SPE SEEMED TO LENGTHEN.AND I SOMEHOW KNEW THAT MOMENT THAT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WERE EVER TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM, I HAD THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PERSON THAT MATTERED MOST MY LIFE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOWG LOTS OF VELOPG STORI OVERNIGHT, CLUDG THE TRAGIC PLANE CRASH OVER THE FRENCH ALPS-- @REENANAN AND I HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ON @ABCWNN #WORLDNEWSNOW A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 24, 2015 AT 11:51PM PDT AS I STARTED TO PEEL AWAY THE THICK ON I HAD BUILT AROUND MY LIFE, MY MDSET CHANGED.WHAT I ONCE THOUGHT WAS MY "PROBLEM" I NOW REALIZED WASN'T A PROBLEM AT ALL.'EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WERE EVER TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM, I HAD THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PERSON THAT MATTERED MOST MY LIFE.'WOULD I STILL BE REJECTED? Y.WOULD THERE STILL BE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T ACCEPT THE TE ME? Y. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON DEC 14, 2019 AT 4:58PM PST BUT MY LIVELIHOOD AND SELF-RPECT WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO WHAT THOSE PEOPLE BELIEVED OR DIDN'T BELIEVE ABOUT ME.MAKG THE CISN TO E OUT PROFOUNDLY CHANGED MY LIFE.IT EPENED MY RELATNSHIPS WH THE PEOPLE THAT MATTERED.IT REMOVED A BLDFOLD ALLOWG ME TO SEE THOSE MY LIFE WHO DIDN'T MATTER.COMG OUT ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON APR 12, 2018 AT 8:14AM PDT IT GAVE ME THE URAGE I NEED TO PURSUE A PETIVE REER AFTER SO MANY TOLD ME I WOULD FAIL.COMG OUT STRENGTHENED MY BOND WH MY MOTHER.AND G OUT ALSO HELPED ME NNECT WH WHAT I NOW LL MY "CHOSEN FAY" OF IENDS AND LOVED ON WHO HELP ME LIVE LIFE AND SE WAYS I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM GRATEFUL FOR THIS CRAZY FUNNY LADY MOTHER OF ME, TODAY AND EVERYDAY #THANKSGIVG #GRATU #MOM #MIMA A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON NOV 28, 2019 AT 3:58PM PST COMG OUT IS A PROCS THAT HAPPENS ON YOUR TIMETABLE, NOT ANYONE ELSE'S.AND WHILE SOMETIM 'S EASY TO FOC ON THE DARK DAYS, YOU N'T STOP BELIEVG THAT THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD -- TST ME, THERE WILL BE BETTER DAYS.FOR A LONG TIME, I KICKED MYSELF FOR NOT BEG BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE TE TO ME WHEN I WAS WH THAT GROUP OF IENDS DURG RECS BACK FIFTH GRA.I FELT ALONE, LIKE AN ALIEN.NOW, I HOLD ON TO HOPE THAT AS MORE OF SHARE OUR STORI, A DAY WILL E WHEN NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY AGA. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM THAT CUR, TALKATIVE, KID WHO ALWAYS HAD A LN QUTNS, WOULD GROW UP AND MAKE A LIVG OUT OF ASKG QUTNS. #OUTSIABC #THEFIELD #JOURNALIST • • • THANKS FOR THE ? @JEFFEARGLE A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON SEP 26, 2020 AT 1:50PM PDT SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT LIVGTARGET RELLS 2.2 LN ADDNAL NDL DUE TO LACERATN, BURN HAZARDS
- GAY COUPLE BOOTED OUT OF CHIGO CAB ON HISTORIC DAY
- SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHLIVGABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'7:00OCT. 11 IS NATNAL COMG OUT BYG BENEZOCTOBER 11, 2022, 4:00 AM•5 M READOCTOBER 11 IS NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. FOR MANY LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, G OUT VOLV SHARG THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND/OR GENR INTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOUNG PEOPLE SEARCH OF SUPPORT THEIR INTI N NTACT THE TREVOR PROJECT’S TREVORLIFELE 24/7 AT 1-866-488-7386 OR BY TEXTG START TO 678678.DEAR YOUNG G (CIR 1997),EDOR’S PICKSFATHER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS 3 SONS: I'M STILL THE SAME DAD AS BEFOREJUN 14, 2023LGBT AMERINS LOOK TO SUPREME COURT AFTER BEG FIRED, 'BEE OF SEX'OCT 07, 2019PRCE WILLIAM SAYS WOULD BE 'ABSOLUTELY FE' IF HIS KIDS ME OUT AS GAYJUN 26, 2019I KNOW YOU’RE STARTG TO FIGURE THGS OUT.YOU’RE ONLY 12, BUT YOUR MD IS ALREADY ASKG QUTNS NO 12-YEAR-OLD ULD POSSIBLY ANSWER.QUTNS THAT WILL TAKE YEARS TO EXPLORE, EMBRACE AND UNRSTAND.QUTNS THAT MAY FLIP YOUR WHOLE WORLD UPSI-DOWN.MORE: 'TAKE OM ME': PROUD LGBTQ CELEBS SHARE THEIR MOST EMPOWERG ADVICEYOUR MUNY SOMETIM TOUGH LANGUAGE.A BETIFUL SPANISH ACCENT DON’T MASK UGLY WORDS.WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS, YOU LGH, YOU FLECT, YOU DISTRACT.YOU DON’T KNOW ANY BETTER.YOU’RE SRED, AND JT DOG THE BT YOU N.THE KIDS AT SCHOOL E THE WORD “GAY” AS IF ’S SYNONYMO WH “EWW.”THEY’RE POTG THEIR FGERS DIRECTLY AT YOU.THEY MAKE FUN OF EVERYTHG: YOUR HAIR, YOUR TEETH, YOUR SKNY AME. BUT THAT WORD, “GAY,” STICKS THE LONGT. IT HURTS.AFTER SCHOOL, YOU PE ALL WH TV SHOWS, BOOKS, AND YOUR OWN IMAGATN.MOM ASKS, “HOW WAS SCHOOL?”YOU ALWAYS SAY WAS GREAT.YOU’LL SPEND YEARS TRYG TO BE MORE “MANLY.”YOU’LL WORK OUT FOR HOURS EACH DAY, YOU’LL STYLE YOUR HAIR DIFFERENTLY, YOU’LL GET BRAC TO FIX THOSE TEETH, AND YOU’LL DATE BRILLIANT, BETIFUL GIRLS.HIDG THE TTH WON’T STOP YOU PROFSNALLY EHER: A ONCE--A-LIFETIME SCHOLARSHIP AT A TV STATN MIAMI HELPS YOU BEE A TV PRODUCER AND THEN A LOL NEWS REPORTER.BUT THE TTH ABOUT WHO YOU ARE IS STILL CHG TO GET OUT.I WANT TO TELL YOU: WILL ALL BE OK.IN FACT, ’LL BE MORE THAN OK. WHEN YOU FALLY TELL YOUR MOM YOUR SECRET (AT 24 YEARS OLD) SHE WILL EMBRACE YOU.IT TAK HER JT 24 HOURS TO UNRSTAND WHAT TOOK YOU 24 YEARS.THOUGH ONE IEND WARNS, “YOU N’T BE GAY AND SUCCSFUL THE MEDIA,” YOUR LLEAGU WILL CELEBRATE YOU.WHAT’S THE BIG AL?, THEY’LL WONR, AND SEND YOU ON YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT.AND WHEN ABC NEWS LLS TO HIRE YOU, YOUR LLEAGU THERE WILL CELEBRATE YOU, TOO.IN FACT, WHEN YOU GET ENGAGED AND ULTIMATELY MARRY YOUR HBAND, YOUR LLEAGU WILL SHOW YOUR PHOTOS AND NGRATULATE YOU ON AMERI’S NO. 1 MORNG SHOW, "GOOD MORNG AMERI."YOU AND YOUR HBAND WILL BE A TRENDG TOPIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL AROUND THE WORLD.KIDS STGGLG TO UNRSTAND THEMSELV WILL WRE TO YOU.THEIR PARENTS, TRANSFORMED BY THE LOVG PHOTOS YOU SHARE, WILL THANK YOU.DON’T SH , KID.YOU DON’T NEED TO REVEAL YOUR SECRET JT YET, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO.YOU’RE ONLY 12.JT KNOW THAT YOU’RE SPECIAL, AND SOMEDAY YOU’LL FEEL THAT TOO, AND EVERYTHG WILL BE OK.WHEN YOU’RE READY, START LIVG YOUR TTH.THAT’S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS.WH LOTS OF LOVE AND TREMENDO PRI,-G (CIR 2019)G BENEZ IS ABC NEWS' TRANSPORTATN RRPONNT BASED NEW YORK. HE REPORTS FOR ALL ABC NEWS PROGRAMS AND PLATFORMS CLUDG “GOOD MORNG AMERI,” “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WH DAVID MUIR,” “NIGHTLE” AND “20/20.”EDOR'S NOTE: THIS WAS ORIGALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT. 11, 2019.RELATED TOPICSLGBTQEDOR’S PICKSFATHER OPENS UP ABOUT G OUT TO HIS 3 SONS: I'M STILL THE SAME DAD AS BEFOREJUN 14, 2023LGBT AMERINS LOOK TO SUPREME COURT AFTER BEG FIRED, 'BEE OF SEX'OCT 07, 2019PRCE WILLIAM SAYS WOULD BE 'ABSOLUTELY FE' IF HIS KIDS ME OUT AS GAYJUN 26, 2019UP NEXT LIVG—WOMAN LEARNS T WHO WAS MISSG FOR 10 YEARS WAS FOUND ON LATE DAD'S BIRTHDAYSEPTEMBER 1, 2023FIRE PARTMENT ADOPTS PUPPY WHO WAS RCUED OM LOCKED, HOT RAUGT 31, 2023FROM THE NICU TO HBCUS: BALTIMORE TRIPLETS START LLEGE ATLANTAAUGT 30, 2023BRI SHAR MOM'S HILAR WEDDG PHOTO BOOK FAILAUGT 29, 2023UP NEXT LIVG—WOMAN LEARNS T WHO WAS MISSG FOR 10 YEARS WAS FOUND ON LATE DAD'S BIRTHDAYSEPTEMBER 1, 2023FIRE PARTMENT ADOPTS PUPPY WHO WAS RCUED OM LOCKED, HOT RAUGT 31, 2023FROM THE NICU TO HBCUS: BALTIMORE TRIPLETS START LLEGE ATLANTAAUGT 30, 2023BRI SHAR MOM'S HILAR WEDDG PHOTO BOOK FAILAUGT 29, 2023
OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCH'GMA' DEALS & STEALS FOR SUMMER FORTLIVGOCTOBER 7, 2020ABC NEWS' ALEX PEREZ ON G OUT: IT 'ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE'8:43LEFT URTY ALEX PEREZ | LEFT ABC NEWSTHE STORY OF THE PRI PARABY ALEX PEREZVIO BY CHRIS CIRILLO, TONY MORRISONSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!OCT. 11 IS NATNAL COMG OUT DAY. FOR MANY LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, G OUT VOLV SHARG THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND/OR GENR INTY FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOUNG PEOPLE SEARCH OF SUPPORT THEIR INTI N NTACT THE TREVOR PROJECT'S TREVORLIFELE 24/7 AT 1-866-488-7386 OR BY TEXTG START TO 678678.MY MEMORY OF THE DAY IS CRYSTAL CLEAR.I WAS FIFTH GRA, ENJOYG MY FAVORE PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY -- RECS! MONKEY BARS, EEZE TAG, DODGE BALL -- BASILLY ANYTHG THAT WOULD DISTRACT ME OM WHAT I THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS BORG: STG AT MY SK.BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR I N REMEMBER FEELG A LTLE DIFFERENT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM ON THIS DAY 37 YEARS AGO I MA MY BUT ON THIS ?. MAYBE THE 'O OM AG 7-10 SHOULD MAKE A EBACK? A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 27, 2017 AT 6:38AM PDT MY IENDS, WHO I'D KNOWN SCE KRGARTEN, AND I PRETTY MUCH AGREED ON EVERYTHG.WE ALL GOT NTENDO AT THE SAME TIME, DRSED SIARLY AND FOUND THE SAME THGS UNTERTG; WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD TOGETHER.THAT DAY, SEEMED LIKE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED TO GET THIS GAME OF DODGEBALL STARTED.THE GUYS -- MY IENDS AND FELLOW FIFTH GRARS -- WERE ALL HUDDLED UP.SO I JOED THE CIRCLE, TRYG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYONE WAS WHISPERG ABOUT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAY 16, 2013 AT 8:35AM PDT TURNS OUT, THEY WERE ALL ENAMORED WH A NEW FEMALE CLASSMATE WHO HAD TRANSFERRED TO OUR CLASS. HEARG THE OTHER BOYS, I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS SOME SORT OF DISNNECT THAT I HAD NEVER TECTED BEFORE.THE ATTRACTN AND FEELGS THEY WERE SCRIBG WERE FOREIGN TO ME.BUT I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT, MOSTLY FOR FEAR I'D OPEN MYSELF UP TO RIDICULE.EDOR'S PICKS1ABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCTOBER 11, 20222ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCTOBER 11, 20223ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCTOBER 11, 2022I HAD BEEN LLED SISSY EARLIER THAT YEAR -- AND STUNG.BADLY.NOT BEG MYSELF THAT ONE RANDOM DAY FIFTH GRA WOULD BEE THE SHAKY FOUNDATN I WOULD LIVE NEARLY TWO S OF MY LIFE -- PRETENDG TO BE SOMETHG I WASN'T.I FEARED BEG THE BUTT OF JOK.I FEARED MY TRADNALLY CUBAN, MACHISTA FAY WOULD ABANDON ME.I FEARED REJECTN. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAY 2, 2013 AT 10:17AM PDT THE WERE TOUGH THGS TO UNRSTAND AS A YOUNG ADULT, SO I DIDN'T EVEN TRY!I SIMPLY BSHED THAT TERNAL "WHO AM I?" NVERSATN UNR THE RPET FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.ALONG THE WAY, AS I TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OF MY EMOTNS, I DATED AND GOT TO LOVE SOME TLY AMAZG WOMEN THAT TGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT CHARACTER AND BEG TE TO ONELF.BY THE TIME I TURNED 24, THE TOLL OF PRETENDG TO BE SOMETHG I WASN'T HAD TURNED TO PURE AGONY.I ULD BARELY MTER THE FORCED S OR FAKE, CHEERY NVERSATNS.WHAT I THOUGHT WAS SOMETHG I ULD IGNORE FOR THE RT OF MY LIFE, LED ME TO A EP PRSN. I EVEN NSIRED THE UNTHKABLE.WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO ON LIVG A LIFE WHERE I ULD NEVER BE MYSELF?THE QUTN, FOR ONE VERY DARK PERD OF MY LIFE, WAS STUCK ON REPEAT MY MD.BUT THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO HARNS THOSE DARK THOUGHTS.INSTEAD OF BEATG MYSELF UP, I MA THE NSC CISN TO TAKE STOCK OF ALL THE MANY THGS I HAD ACPLISHED.I HAD FIED THE ODDS GROWG UP A BLACK KID A RELATIVELY POOR, VLENT NEIGHBORHOOD, BEG THE FIRST ONE MY FAY TO ATTEND LLEGE AND PURSUE A REER -- NOT JT A JOB.IF I ULD CELEBRATE THE BS AND PIEC OF ME, WHY ULDN'T I CELEBRATE ALL OF ME?THAT WAS THE QUTN THAT WAS NOW STUCK ON REPEAT. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM TBT || CIR 2002: LIVHOT AT NEW MEXI STATE UNIVERSY'S AGGIE STADIUM. AT THIS POT MY REER I HAD DONE FEWER THAN 10 LIVHOTS, AND HAD A LUMP MY THROAT BEFORE EACH ONE. JT BEFORE THE LIVHOT, I WOULD SPRAY LOGNE ON MYSELF AND POP A BREATHE MT MY MOUTH. AS IF THE VIEWERS ULD SMELL ME! I STILL DO THE MT THG, BTW. #THROWBACKTHURSDAY A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 13, 2014 AT 9:44AM PDT SO, I WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND TOLD MY MOM FIRST."THOSE PEOPLE YOU SOMETIM TALK ABOUT MOM, WELL I'M ONE OF THEM," I SAID.BAFFLED, SCE I PROVID ZERO NTEXT, SHE REPLIED, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT ARE YOU TALKG ABOUT? ARE YOU TROUBLE?"I PSED.SUDNLY THERE WAS A LUMP MY THROAT AND SEEMED MY VOICE HAD VANISHED.AFTER ABOUT 30 SENDS, AND MENTALLY JUMPG OFF OF MOUNT EVERT, I SQUEALED AS IF SOMEONE HAD H THE FAST-FORWARD BUTTON ON MY VOICE."I'M GAY, ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. I'M A GAY MAN AND I N'T HOLD ANY MORE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MOM."SHE PSED AND STARTED TO TAKE EP BREATHS FOR ABOUT 10 SENDS -- WHICH FELT LIKE 10 YEARS -- AND THEN SHE SAID, "THAT DON'T CHANGE ANYTHG! YOU'RE MY SON.""I LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER STOP LOVG YOU AND I'M HERE NO MATTER WHAT."SUDNLY EVERY SGLE SECURE, HORRIFYG, UNFORTABLE MOMENT I HAD UNTIL THAT POT FLASHED BEFORE ME. BUT THOSE MOMENTS SOMEHOW, STANTLY, DIDN'T MATTER ANYMORE.TEARS STREAMED DOWN MY FACE.MY SHOULRS SUDNLY FELT LIGHT.MY SPE SEEMED TO LENGTHEN.AND I SOMEHOW KNEW THAT MOMENT THAT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WERE EVER TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM, I HAD THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PERSON THAT MATTERED MOST MY LIFE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOWG LOTS OF VELOPG STORI OVERNIGHT, CLUDG THE TRAGIC PLANE CRASH OVER THE FRENCH ALPS-- @REENANAN AND I HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ON @ABCWNN #WORLDNEWSNOW A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON MAR 24, 2015 AT 11:51PM PDT AS I STARTED TO PEEL AWAY THE THICK ON I HAD BUILT AROUND MY LIFE, MY MDSET CHANGED.WHAT I ONCE THOUGHT WAS MY "PROBLEM" I NOW REALIZED WASN'T A PROBLEM AT ALL.'EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE WERE EVER TO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM, I HAD THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE PERSON THAT MATTERED MOST MY LIFE.'WOULD I STILL BE REJECTED? Y.WOULD THERE STILL BE PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T ACCEPT THE TE ME? Y. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON DEC 14, 2019 AT 4:58PM PST BUT MY LIVELIHOOD AND SELF-RPECT WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO WHAT THOSE PEOPLE BELIEVED OR DIDN'T BELIEVE ABOUT ME.MAKG THE CISN TO E OUT PROFOUNDLY CHANGED MY LIFE.IT EPENED MY RELATNSHIPS WH THE PEOPLE THAT MATTERED.IT REMOVED A BLDFOLD ALLOWG ME TO SEE THOSE MY LIFE WHO DIDN'T MATTER.COMG OUT ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON APR 12, 2018 AT 8:14AM PDT IT GAVE ME THE URAGE I NEED TO PURSUE A PETIVE REER AFTER SO MANY TOLD ME I WOULD FAIL.COMG OUT STRENGTHENED MY BOND WH MY MOTHER.AND G OUT ALSO HELPED ME NNECT WH WHAT I NOW LL MY "CHOSEN FAY" OF IENDS AND LOVED ON WHO HELP ME LIVE LIFE AND SE WAYS I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM GRATEFUL FOR THIS CRAZY FUNNY LADY MOTHER OF ME, TODAY AND EVERYDAY #THANKSGIVG #GRATU #MOM #MIMA A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON NOV 28, 2019 AT 3:58PM PST COMG OUT IS A PROCS THAT HAPPENS ON YOUR TIMETABLE, NOT ANYONE ELSE'S.AND WHILE SOMETIM 'S EASY TO FOC ON THE DARK DAYS, YOU N'T STOP BELIEVG THAT THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD -- TST ME, THERE WILL BE BETTER DAYS.FOR A LONG TIME, I KICKED MYSELF FOR NOT BEG BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE TE TO ME WHEN I WAS WH THAT GROUP OF IENDS DURG RECS BACK FIFTH GRA.I FELT ALONE, LIKE AN ALIEN.NOW, I HOLD ON TO HOPE THAT AS MORE OF SHARE OUR STORI, A DAY WILL E WHEN NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY AGA. VIEW THIS POST ON INSTAGRAM THAT CUR, TALKATIVE, KID WHO ALWAYS HAD A LN QUTNS, WOULD GROW UP AND MAKE A LIVG OUT OF ASKG QUTNS. #OUTSIABC #THEFIELD #JOURNALIST • • • THANKS FOR THE ? @JEFFEARGLE A POST SHARED BY ALEX PEREZ (@PEREZREPORTS) ON SEP 26, 2020 AT 1:50PM PDT SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT LIVGTARGET RELLS 2.2 LN ADDNAL NDL DUE TO LACERATN, BURN HAZARDS
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