10 TED Talks about LGBTQ issu to add to your watch list - MambaOnle - Gay South Ai onle

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• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• WHAT’S ‘SO HELP ME TODD’ STAR MARCIA GAY HARN’S QUE? ‘SUCCSN,’ ‘TED LASSO’ & MORE (VIDEO)
• FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
• CZ NMNS SWEEPG ANTI-GAY UGANDA LAW AS ‘HORRIFIC’ AND ‘WRONG’
• TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI
• THE SECRET GAY AGENDA

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

LZ Granrson: The myth of the gay agenda. In a funny talk wh an urgent msage, LZ Granrson pots out the absurdy the ia that there's a "gay liftyle, " much ls a "gay agenda. Thomas Lloyd: Why am I "so gay?

"If I had a dime for every time I was asked, 'Why am I so gay?

" In this humoro talk, Lloyd explor the trici of social "verg" as a gay man, fdg muny and the importance of inty owners...

WHAT’S ‘SO HELP ME TODD’ STAR MARCIA GAY HARN’S QUE? ‘SUCCSN,’ ‘TED LASSO’ & MORE (VIDEO)

As a gay uple San Francis, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time livg the way they wanted.

They set off on a world tour search of "Supergays, " LGBT people who were dog somethg extraordary the world.

FIFTY SHAS OF GAY

Roxane Gay: Confsns of a bad femist. When wrer Roxane Gay dubbed herself a "bad femist, " she was makg a joke, acknowledgg that she uldn't possibly live up to the mands for perfectn of the femist movement.

Yoba Richen: What the gay rights movement learned om the civil rights movement. As a member of both the Ain Amerin and LGBT muni, filmmaker Yoba Richen is fascated wh the overlaps and tensns between the gay rights and the civil rights movements.

Shane Wick: Why I me out as a gay football ach.

CZ NMNS SWEEPG ANTI-GAY UGANDA LAW AS ‘HORRIFIC’ AND ‘WRONG’

"Football teach so many great life lsons to those who play or ach, " he says, "but one negative thg that do teach is that beg gay is not okay.

IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay. iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight.

TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN"GAY MEN AND GAY WOMEN ARE SENTIAL TO HUMANY."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016/4:36 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}YOUTUBEBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2016 / 4:36 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TED TALK: HOW HOMOSEXUALY BENEFS EVOLUTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-23T21:36:18.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. JAM O’KEEFE GAVE A RECENT TED TALK AT TEDXTALLAGHT DUBL ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY—AND HOW 'S NOT ABOUT SEX, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE'S SON JIMMY IS GAY, AND WHEN JIMMY ME OUT TO HIM AND HIS WIFE 12 YEARS AGO, O'KEEFE NFSED THAT HE WAS WORRIED FOR HIS SAFETY AND HIS SON'S HAPPS, BUT THE MORE HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MORE HE REALIZED THAT HOMOSEXUALY WASN'T ABNORMAL, BUT A WAY FOR A SPECI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“VIEWED THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTN, HOMOSEXUALY SEEMS TO BE A REAL SELF-FEATG NON-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGY," O'KEEFE TOLD THE DIENCE AT HIS TED TALK. "GAYS HAVE 80 PERCENT FEWER KIDS THAN HETEROSEXUALS. THIS IS A TRA THAT OUGHT TO GO EXTCT A FEW GENERATNS, YET DOWN THROUGH RERD HISTORY EVERY CULTURE AND MANY ANIMAL SPECI AS WELL, HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT DISTCT SUBGROUP. IF THIS WERE A GEIC ERROR, NATURAL SELECTN SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO CULLED THIS OM THE GENE POOL.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'KEEFE SUGGTS CIRCUMSTANC LIKE THE MOTHER GIVG BIRTH TO A HIGH NUMBER OF MALE OFFSPRG OR SEVERE PRENATAL STRS N CREASE THE CHANC OF GIVG BIRTH TO A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ALSO BRGS UP THE THEORY OF EPIGEICS, GEN THAT "EXPRS THEMSELV DIFFERENT WAYS BASED ON EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF THE [HUMAN]FAY IS FLH WH PLENTY OF KIDS AND/OR ’S A STRSFUL PLACE TIME, NATURE OCSNALLY FLIPS THE EPIGEIC SWCH TO TURN ON THE GAY GEN. THIS ALTERS BRA VELOPMENT THAT CHANG SEXUAL ORIENTATN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“YOU PROBABLY HAVE GAY GEN YOUR DNA,” HE TOLD THE DIENCE, “BUT UNLS THEY WERE ACTIVATED YOUR MOTHER’S WOMB, THEY REMAED ILED UP AND SILENT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH HIS FASCATG TALK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: UNIRN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Gay Gordon-Byrne: You serve the right to repair your stuff. A self-clared "repair geek, " Gay Gordon-Byrne is a drivg force behd the right-to-repair movement, which aims to empower people to fix their stuff.

Joel Burns: A msage to gay teens: It gets better. In a urageo, tensely emotnal talk at the cy uncil Fort Worth, Texas, uncilman Joel Burns reach out to the targets of teen bullyg -- kids who are gay, perceived as gay, or jt different -- wh a val msage about their liv, and the harassment they face. Startg h San Francis, his belief a more personal approach to lol ernment led him to n for office the heart of Amerin gay culture, the Castro.

7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

Lynne Elvs: The myths of gay adoptn. Roxane Gay | TED Speaker. In "Bad Femist, " her 2014 book of says, Roxane Gay laid out a wise, funny and eply empathetic visn of morn femism, acceptance and inty -- flaws and all.

Incg joy wh Ross Gay (Transcript). Incg joy wh Ross Gay. Gay Gordon-Byrne | TED Speaker.

Gay Gordon-Byrne fights for your right to repair the nsumer goods you buy. Dan Clay was worried about beg dismissed as "too gay" at work, so he dialed down his personaly. In this graceful dance-talk hybrid, artist Pmsodun Ok -- founr of Cambodia's first all-male and gay-intified dance pany -- tails the rich history of Khmer classil dance and s current revival, playg the ancient and agel...

THE SECRET GAY AGENDA

LZ GranrsonThe myth of the gay agenda17 mut 34 sendsIn a funny talk wh an urgent msage, LZ Granrson pots out the absurdy the ia that there's a "gay liftyle, " much ls a "gay agenda. Wh fect joy, Tiq and Kim qutn our misnceptns about who they might be and offer a visn of an clive, challengg love that grows day by Tillett WrightFifty shas of gay18 mut 1 sendiO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are?

Yoba RichenWhat the gay rights movement learned om the civil rights movement17 mut 28 sendsAs a member of both the Ain Amerin and LGBT muni, filmmaker Yoba Richen is fascated wh the overlaps and tensns between the gay rights and the civil rights movements. Jok Church tells a short, movg story of the teacher who sheltered him as a young gay teen and helped him grow -- and how, many years later, he and his partner had the privilege of returng the favor.

iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.