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Dave Sebastian tells the story of his own past and prent: g to terms wh, acceptg, and eventually embracg his inty as a gay man. He rells his transn om "self-disgt" to "nfince" and "pri", stg a msage of love as a dogma that will prevail over prejudice.

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WHY AM I "SO GAY?"

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

7 AMAZG TED TALKS THAT CELEBRATE GAY PRI

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

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Ever sce middle school, people have asked Thomas Lloyd the same qutn repeatedly. "If I had a dime for every time I was asked, 'Why am I so gay?' I uld probably pay for one cred at Geetown." In this humoro talk, Lloyd explor the trici of social "verg" as a gay man, fdg muny and the importance of inty ownership. * ted talks gay *

June 28, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisg, when LGBTQ people and alli fought back a six-night rt agast a police raid on The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York Cy. In this ssn, stori of nnectn — om Jane Fonda and Lily Toml, who have been iends sce 9 to 5, to Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols, a uple who traveled around the world documentg the liv of "supergays. 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. Roxane Gay: Confsns of a bad femist.

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The Supreme Court led favor of marriage equaly for gay same-sex uple. Here are TedTalks that celebrate gay pri and LGBTQ issu. * ted talks gay *

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. 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. Lynne Elvs: The myths of gay adoptn.

HOW I LEARNED IS OKAY TO BE GAY

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

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