I Am Gay, And I Am Proud

Contents:

• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• IM GAY AND IM PROUD QUOT & SAYGS
• I AM GAY, AND I AM PROUD
• GAY CLIPARTS HOM #2840601 (LICENSE: PERSONAL USE)
• MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• IM GAY AND IM PROUD QUOT & SAYGS
• JUNE 28, 1970: GAY AND PROUD
• RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB MAK HISTORY: I’M GAY AND PROUD‘BLESSED’THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT SAYS HE AGONIZED ABOUT THIS MOMENT FOR 15 YEARS.TRACY CONNORUPDATED JUN. 21, 2021 7:20PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 21, 2021 6:34PM EDT ETHAN MILLER/GETTYTHE LAS VEGAS RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB MA HISTORY ON MONDAY, BEG THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY—SAYG HE HAD AGONIZED ABOUT DOG SO SCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.NASSIB, 28, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT AN INSTAGRAM VIO THAT GARNERED MORE THAN 10,000 LIK AN HOUR AND WAS MENTED ON BY THE TEAM WH THREE BLACK HEART EMOJIS.“WHAT’S UP, PEOPLE?” HE SAID THE VIO. “I’M AT MY HOE WT CHTER, PENNSYLVANIA. I JT WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO SAY THAT I’M GAY. “I’M A PRETTY PRIVATE PERSON SO I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I’M NOT DOG THIS FOR ATTENTN,” HE ADD. “I JT THK THAT REPRENTATN AND VISIBILY ARE SO IMPORTANT.” A HALF-DOZEN OTHER PLAYERS HAVE E OUT AS GAY AFTER RETIREMENT, BUT NASSIB IS THE FIRST TO DO SO WHILE PLAYG.NFL COMMISSNER ROGER GOOLL PRAISED THE PLAYER “FOR URAGEOLY SHARG HIS TTH TODAY.”“REPRENTATN MATTERS,” HE SAID A STATEMENT. “WE SHARE HIS HOPE THAT SOMEDAY SOON STATEMENTS LIKE HIS WILL NO LONGER BE NEWSWORTHY AS WE MARCH TOWARD FULL EQUALY FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. WE WISH CARL THE BT OF LUCK THIS G SEASON.”IN A STATEMENT ACPANYG THE VIO, THE FENSIVE LEMAN WENT TO GREATER TAIL ABOUT HIS CISN TO E OUT, WRG, “RIGHT NOW I AM STG A MOMENT OF GRATU AND RELIEF. SADLY, I HAVE AGONIZED OVER THIS MOMENT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.”“ONLY RECENTLY, THANKS TO MY FAY AND IENDS... DID SEEM POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SAY PUBLICLY AND PROUDLY THAT I’M GAY,” HE NTUED.HE ALSO THANKED HIS TEAMMAT AND ACH FOR THEIR SUPPORT, WRG THAT “OM THE JUMP, I WAS TREATED WH THE UTMOST RPECT AND ACCEPTANCE.”NASSIB ED HIS G OUT AS AN OPPORTUNY TO HIGHLIGHT THE DAMAGE DONE TO LGBTQ YOUTH WHO ARE NOT AS EASILY ACCEPTED, AND TO SPOTLIGHT THE TREVOR PROJECT, WHICH PROVIS SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC, WH A $100,000 DONATN.“I TLY LOVE MY LIFE AND NNOT UNRSTAND WHY I HAVE BEEN BLSED WH SO MUCH,” HE WROTE. “I FEEL PECIALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT WHEN MANY WHO ME BEFORE—AND MANY EVEN NOW—DO NOT. I STAND ON THE SHOULRS OF GIANTS, CREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNY.”THE 6-FOOT-7 ATHLETE SUGGTED HE DON’T WANT THE NEWS TO BEE A DISTRACTN FOR HIM, SAYG HE OW TO THE TEAM AND HIMSELF TO BE “PLETELY LOCKED AT MY BT THIS G SEASON.”HE SIGNED OFF WH A DOUBLE MSAGE: “HAPPY PRI MONTH AND GO RAIRS.” TRACY CONNOR

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

Most people the LGBTQ+ muny know om experience that acceptg your sexualy will lead to your beg a happier, more open this gui, the term gay has been ed to clu all forms of non-heterosexual attractn, whether that be people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or otherwise not straight.

Know if you are gay.

IM GAY AND IM PROUD QUOT & SAYGS

Consir takg an onle sexualy quiz, like this one, to see if intifyg as gay feels right for you. There isn't any need to change yourself - beg gay is jt another way of simply existg, and there is nothg wrong wh at all.

I AM GAY, AND I AM PROUD

Neher is there anythg wrong wh you for beg gay.

The fact that I am gay is jt another facet of who I am, jt as beg creative, or optimistic, or havg brown ey is. Remember that beg gay do not require you to nform to typil gay stereotyp. Most people who are gay are distguishable om those that aren't.

GAY CLIPARTS HOM #2840601 (LICENSE: PERSONAL USE)

Beg gay do not necsarily make you any ls mascule or feme, and there is no need or prsure to nform to stereotyp that don't feel right to you - bee you are who you are. You do not need to f to the gay muny jt as much as you don't need to f to the straight muny. In 100 years, "gay" will be an entirely different ncept.

There is no evince that "helpg gay people to bee heterosexual" is possible. Homosexualy is not viewed as an illns and short, won't be treated as such. There are many, many gay people all sorts of muni, and there are many people there for you when you need support.

MEET GAY BOB, THE OUT AND PROUD ANATOMILLY CORRECT DIS-ERA DOLL

Fd a group or a hangout where you feel fortable, and where there will be other gay people to talk wh.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

If you were raised an environment that owns on homosexualy, you are not worth any ls.

The laws the Bible were maly for health purpos - shunng homosexualy is right next to not gettg tattoos, not eatg pork, and not wearg mixed lens, but you n bet your bottom dollar all your neighbors do those thgs. Your iends and fay love "you, " not straight you or gay you, they love you.

Unrstand that a person who is gay is no different om any other person.

IM GAY AND IM PROUD QUOT & SAYGS

Like everyone else, gay people have dreams and goals and want pannship and love jt like anyone else you know. If you are the USA, there is the Gay-Straight Alliance. What if my whole fay is agast homosexualy?

JUNE 28, 1970: GAY AND PROUD

I don't want to e out bee my siblgs may get bullied for havg a gay brother. It is important to note that the Amerin Psychologil Associatn has clared that groups claimg to cure homosexualy are dangero and unhealthy.

RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB MAK HISTORY: I’M GAY AND PROUD‘BLESSED’THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT SAYS HE AGONIZED ABOUT THIS MOMENT FOR 15 YEARS.TRACY CONNORUPDATED JUN. 21, 2021 7:20PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUN. 21, 2021 6:34PM EDT ETHAN MILLER/GETTYTHE LAS VEGAS RAIRS’ CARL NASSIB MA HISTORY ON MONDAY, BEG THE FIRST ACTIVE NFL PLAYER TO E OUT AS GAY—SAYG HE HAD AGONIZED ABOUT DOG SO SCE HE WAS A TEENAGER.NASSIB, 28, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT AN INSTAGRAM VIO THAT GARNERED MORE THAN 10,000 LIK AN HOUR AND WAS MENTED ON BY THE TEAM WH THREE BLACK HEART EMOJIS.“WHAT’S UP, PEOPLE?” HE SAID THE VIO. “I’M AT MY HOE WT CHTER, PENNSYLVANIA. I JT WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO SAY THAT I’M GAY. “I’M A PRETTY PRIVATE PERSON SO I HOPE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I’M NOT DOG THIS FOR ATTENTN,” HE ADD. “I JT THK THAT REPRENTATN AND VISIBILY ARE SO IMPORTANT.” A HALF-DOZEN OTHER PLAYERS HAVE E OUT AS GAY AFTER RETIREMENT, BUT NASSIB IS THE FIRST TO DO SO WHILE PLAYG.NFL COMMISSNER ROGER GOOLL PRAISED THE PLAYER “FOR URAGEOLY SHARG HIS TTH TODAY.”“REPRENTATN MATTERS,” HE SAID A STATEMENT. “WE SHARE HIS HOPE THAT SOMEDAY SOON STATEMENTS LIKE HIS WILL NO LONGER BE NEWSWORTHY AS WE MARCH TOWARD FULL EQUALY FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. WE WISH CARL THE BT OF LUCK THIS G SEASON.”IN A STATEMENT ACPANYG THE VIO, THE FENSIVE LEMAN WENT TO GREATER TAIL ABOUT HIS CISN TO E OUT, WRG, “RIGHT NOW I AM STG A MOMENT OF GRATU AND RELIEF. SADLY, I HAVE AGONIZED OVER THIS MOMENT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.”“ONLY RECENTLY, THANKS TO MY FAY AND IENDS... DID SEEM POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SAY PUBLICLY AND PROUDLY THAT I’M GAY,” HE NTUED.HE ALSO THANKED HIS TEAMMAT AND ACH FOR THEIR SUPPORT, WRG THAT “OM THE JUMP, I WAS TREATED WH THE UTMOST RPECT AND ACCEPTANCE.”NASSIB ED HIS G OUT AS AN OPPORTUNY TO HIGHLIGHT THE DAMAGE DONE TO LGBTQ YOUTH WHO ARE NOT AS EASILY ACCEPTED, AND TO SPOTLIGHT THE TREVOR PROJECT, WHICH PROVIS SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC, WH A $100,000 DONATN.“I TLY LOVE MY LIFE AND NNOT UNRSTAND WHY I HAVE BEEN BLSED WH SO MUCH,” HE WROTE. “I FEEL PECIALLY THANKFUL TO HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT WHEN MANY WHO ME BEFORE—AND MANY EVEN NOW—DO NOT. I STAND ON THE SHOULRS OF GIANTS, CREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNY.”THE 6-FOOT-7 ATHLETE SUGGTED HE DON’T WANT THE NEWS TO BEE A DISTRACTN FOR HIM, SAYG HE OW TO THE TEAM AND HIMSELF TO BE “PLETELY LOCKED AT MY BT THIS G SEASON.”HE SIGNED OFF WH A DOUBLE MSAGE: “HAPPY PRI MONTH AND GO RAIRS.” TRACY CONNOR

If you are still beg supported by parents whom you are que sure would disown you for beg gay, may be pnt to wa to tell them until you are pennt. You may regret the acceptance of your orientatn the future, pecially if you're a part of the world where the gay muny is beg prosecuted by a specific culture.