ABC News Appots Gay Corrponnt G Benez as Co-Anchor of ‘GMA’ Weekends

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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.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJUNE 23, 2021WHO IS MAKG LGBTQ+ HISTORY RIGHT NOW: GMA INSPIRATN LIST 2021OUT LOUDWHAT 'S REALLY LIKE AS A TRANSGENR PERSON TO GET MEDIL REJUNE 28, 2021PRI STYLE THROUGH THE YEARS: FTIVE FASHN, BETY AND MOREJUNE 27, 2022‘RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS’ DISCS UP-AND-G DRAG ARTISTS WHO SPIRE THEM JUNE 28, 2021LGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTLGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG, FILENFL PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY
• ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS
• ABC'S OPENLY GAY G BENEZ SHOWS TE LOVE WH HBAND KEEPG WEDDG VOWS INTACT
• 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' ALEX PEREZ ON G OUT: IT 'ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE'8:43THE STORY OF THE PRI BYALEX PEREZVIO BYCHRIS CIRILLO AND TONY MORRISONOCTOBER 07, 2020, 4:09 AM•8 M READOCT. 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.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.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 PICKSABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCT 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.EDOR’S PICKSABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCT 11, 2022UP 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
• 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.SEARCHLIVGCOLLEGE GRAD OPENS UP AFTER DISPLAYG GAY PRI FLAG AT BYU GRADUATNJILLIAN ORR TOLD "GMA" THAT SHE TEXTED THIS PHOTO OF HER MODIFIED GRADUATN GOWN TO HER BT IEND, THE FIRST PERSON SHE EVER ME OUT TO.COURTY JILLIAN ORRBYYI-J YUAPRIL 27, 2022, 4:13 AM•6 M READA FORMER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY STUNT HAS GONE VIRAL FOR FLASHG A GAY PRI FLAG AT THE SCHOOL THAT WAS FOUND AND REMAS FANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS.JILLIAN ORR SHARED WHAT SHE DID ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A TIKTOK VIO THAT HAS NOW BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 3 LN TIM THE LAST THREE DAYS, AND A MORE -PTH FACEBOOK POST, WHERE SHE WROTE PART, “IT’S HARD BEG GAY AT BYU. I DIDN’T KNOW I INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH AND ’S SRY TO LIVE WH THE FEAR THAT ANY MOMENT THEY ULD TAKE AWAY YOUR GREE. YOU N’T BE A RELATNSHIP UNLS YOU’RE HETERO AND MOST OF MY CLASS SPOKE OF THE ‘EVIL’ THAT I WAS BORN TO.”MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, ALSO KNOWN AS MORMONS, FOLLOW VAR CHURCH TEACHGS, CLUDG THE LAW OF CHASTY, WHICH PROHIBS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS AND MARRIAGE OUTSI OF ONE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.ORR TOLD “GOOD MORNG AMERI” THAT SHE ED TO BE A VOUT MORMON AND WHEN SHE CID TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO FURTHER HER SOCIAL WORK REER, SHE CHOSE BRIGHAM YOUNG FOR S RELIG TI.“I WAS LIKE, ‘OH, LET'S GO TO BYU’ BEE THEY HAVE THE BT PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM THE STATE. IT'S THE MOST AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE LDS MEMBERS. IT'S CHEAPER FOR THOSE OF THAT RELIGN. AND SO I STARTED GOG TO THAT SCHOOL AND I ACTUALLY HAD A POSIVE EXPERIENCE,” THE 28-YEAR-OLD SAID.JILLIAN ORR POS WH HER MODIFIED GRADUATN GOWN. HER SISTER, RACHEL ORR, HELPED HER SEW A GAY PRI FLAG ON THE SI OF HER GOWN.COURTY HOPE ORR“I HAD REALLY GOOD PROFSORS AND WAS A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A PRTIG SCHOOL. AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, I STARTED TO DISVER MORE AND MORE ABOUT MY SEXUALY OF BEG BISEXUAL AND HAVG AND FALLG TO THIS RELATNSHIP WH THIS GIRL THAT I REALLY LOVED,” ORR NTUED.THE BLUFFDALE, UTAH, RINT SAID SHE STARTED REALIZG SHE WASN’T STRAIGHT, SOMETHG SHE SAID SHE ED TO THK, THE SPRG OF 2020.“I WAS NFINT AND I WAS PROUD OF WHAT I HAD DISVERED AND LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF, BUT WAS PAFUL THAT I WAS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT TGHT SOMETHG THAT WAS AGAST WHAT I KNEW IS TE AND WHAT OUR BASIC RIGHTS WERE,” SHE SAID.WHEN HER NAME WAS LLED, ORR WALKED ON STAGE AND OPENED UP HER GRADUATN GOWN TO REVEAL A GAY PRI FLAG.COURTY HOPE ORRORR TOLD “GMA” SHE ME OUT TO HER FAY AT THE TIME BUT KEPT HER TE INTY HIDN OM OTHERS AT SCHOOL AND HER LOL MUNY. SHE SAID SWCHG TO ONLE CLASS WHEN THE COVID-19 PANMIC BEGAN FELT LIKE A BLSG DISGUISE.“IT WAS HARD TO BE ON MP WH THAT KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWG MY LIFTYLE, BUT I WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO LIVE THAT LIFTYLE OUTSI OF BYU FOR FEAR OF OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS WHO WOULD TURN ME AND SO WAS REALLY A SECRET FOR JT ME AND MY FAY,” ORR SAID.“I REALIZED THAT BYU DO NOT - 'S AGAST THEIR POLICI AND AGAST THEIR L, THEIR S FOR HOMOSEXUAL DIVIDUALS TO ACT ON THOSE FEELGS, AND TO BE RELATNSHIPS,” SHE ADD. “AND IF YOU DO, THEY WILL THREATEN TO KICK YOU OUT OF THE SCHOOL OR REMOVE YOUR GREE OM YOU AND SO 'S REALLY SRY TO BE THAT SUATN OF POTENTIALLY LOSG EVERYTHG THAT YOU'VE WORKED FOR.”MORE: WHAT I’VE LEARNED SCE G OUT MY BYU MENCEMENT SPEECH LAST YEARBRIGHAM YOUNG’S HONOR SPECIFI THAT SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE NOT PERMTED.“ANY SAME-SEX ROMANTIC BEHAVR IS A VLATN OF THE PRCIPL OF THE HONOR CO,” ACRDG TO AN RMATNAL PAGE ON THE UNIVERSY’S WEBSE. IN FEBARY, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN ALSO DISMISSED AN VTIGATN TO THE SCHOOL’S DISCIPLARY PROCR OF LGBTQ STUNTS, SAYG DIDN’T HAVE THE THORY TO DO SO, ACRDG TO THE ASSOCIATED PRS.“GMA” HAS REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL FOR MENT BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A RPONSE. ORR SAID SHE HASN’T HEARD OM THE UNIVERSY SCE THE CINT YET EHER.JILLIAN ORR ATTEND HER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY GRADUATN CEREMONY LAST WEEK.COURTY HOPE ORRORR SAID HER LAST TWO SEMTERS AT THE SCHOOL WERE PECIALLY DIFFICULT AND CREDS HER SISTERS AND GIRLIEND FOR BEG THERE FOR ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS.ONE OF ORR’S OLR SISTERS, RACHEL, WOULD GO ON TO HELP HER SEW THE RABOW PRI FLAG ON HER GRADUATN GOWN, AND HER YOUNGER SISTER, HOPE, ACPANIED HER TO THE MENCEMENT CEREMONY LAST WEEK AND PTURED PHOTOS FOR ORR WHILE SHE WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE, PROUDLY DISPLAYG THE FLAG.ORR, 28, HAD GONE BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER WORKG AND STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY.COURTY HOPE ORR“I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, IF I WAS GONNA BE RTED OFF. I DIDN’T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA BE TACKLED AND I MEAN, I AM PUTTG A LOT OF THGS AT RISK RIGHT NOW. I'M PUTTG A LOT OF THGS ON THE LE AND I UNRSTAND THAT,” ORR SAID, ADDG THAT ASI OM PUTTG HER UNRGRADUATE GREE JEOPARDY, SHE SPECTS SHE MAY RECEIVE FURTHER BACKLASH OM OTHER MORMONS AND IENDS SHE ED TO BE CLOSE WH.“IT'S JT SAD TO SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE THE CHURCH HAVE A LIM TO THEIR LOVE WHEN THE CHURCH SAYS THEIR LOVE IS ENDLS,” ORR SAID.DPE THE POSSIBLE REPERCSNS, ORR SAID OVERALL, SHE IS HAPPY WH HER CISN TO E OUT. “IT HAS BEEN A SUPER ROCKY ROAD OF TRYG TO NAVIGATE EVERYTHG HAPPENG AND TRYG TO INTIFY HOW I WILL NAVIGATE HOW THGS ARE BUT HONTLY, I FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER NOW AND SO MUCH MORE EE BEE I N FALLY LIVE THENTILLY.”ORR, WHO DREAMS OF BEG A PUBLIC SPEAKER THE FUTURE, SAID SHE HOP OTHERS THE LGBTQ MUNY N BE SPIRED BY HER FIANT ACT. “WE OFTEN LET FEAR DRIVE OUR ACTNS … BUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU START MAKG YOUR CISNS BY WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT AND TE TO YOUR HEART, YOU ARE ABLE TO LIVE A HAPPIER LIFE. WHEN YOU START NNG AT FEAR AND YOU TAKE DOWN AND YOU FACE YOUR MONS, THAT'S WHEN YOU REGNIZE THAT IS YOUR POWER AND YOUR STRENGTH AND THAT'S WHEN YOU REGNIZE THAT YOU WILL BE EED AND LIVE SUCH A HAPPIER LIFE WHEN YOU'RE THENTIC.”UP 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
• ‘GMA’ ANCHOR ROB ROBERTS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDG SHE’S GAY
• WILL “GOOD MORNG AMERI” GET A GAY HOST?

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.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJUNE 23, 2021WHO IS MAKG LGBTQ+ HISTORY RIGHT NOW: GMA INSPIRATN LIST 2021OUT LOUDWHAT 'S REALLY LIKE AS A TRANSGENR PERSON TO GET MEDIL REJUNE 28, 2021PRI STYLE THROUGH THE YEARS: FTIVE FASHN, BETY AND MOREJUNE 27, 2022‘RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS’ DISCS UP-AND-G DRAG ARTISTS WHO SPIRE THEM JUNE 28, 2021LGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTLGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG, FILENFL PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY

Pri Month 2021 Special: Benez's 'It will all be OK' Letter to His Younger SelfTransportatn Corrponnt for ABC NewsIn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self. “Qutns that may flip your whole world upsi-down, ” he openly gay Lato journalist, G Benez is the transportatn rrponnt for ABC News. Is G Benez Gay?

G Benez’s Comg Out LetterOn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self. "The letter further elaborat on younger Benez’s stggle to f societal norms, his enunter wh homophobia his muny and school, and how he ternalized till adulthood. The kids at school e the word ‘gay’ as if ’s synonymo wh ‘eww.

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ABC NEWS APPOTS GAY CORRPONNT G BENEZ AS CO-ANCHOR OF ‘GMA’ WEEKENDS

Though one iend warns, ‘you n’t be gay and succsful the media, ’ your lleagu will celebrate you. The event brought together leadg lumari om the entertament and sports dtri on 19 May panel discsed the vast range of acplishments, issu, and experienc of LGBTQ+ stars and muny, cludg the creator Ilene Chaiken’s cisn to e out by -creatg LGBTIQ+ seri The L Word for Showtime, actrs Laverne Cox’s reactn to beg the first trans performer of lor to be nomated for an Emmy, the issue of why more sportspersons haven’t e out sce Jason Colls’ breakthrough actns 2013, and how beg told to be ls feme vigorated artist Adam Rippon to bee the first openly gay Amerin to w a 2018 medal at the Wter Olympic Gam among many more.

ABC'S OPENLY GAY G BENEZ SHOWS TE LOVE WH HBAND KEEPG WEDDG VOWS INTACT

On the other hand, David Muir is not gay.

ABC News has promoted gay rrponnt G Benez by namg him one of the work’s flagship weekend programs’ -anchors. Now, he’s officially land an anchor posn on the veted morng news TV show, which means even more gay reprentatn on a platform that has already featured Rob Roberts for many years.

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' ALEX PEREZ ON G OUT: IT 'ALLOWED ME TO FD AND MARRY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE'8:43THE STORY OF THE PRI BYALEX PEREZVIO BYCHRIS CIRILLO AND TONY MORRISONOCTOBER 07, 2020, 4:09 AM•8 M READOCT. 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.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.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 PICKSABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCT 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.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.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.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.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.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.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.EDOR’S PICKSABC NEWS’ G BENEZ WR LETTER TO HIS YOUNGER SELF FOR NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'IT WILL ALL BE OK'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' BECKY WORLEY TO PARENTS ON NATNAL COMG OUT DAY: 'THIS DAY IS FOR YOU TOO'OCT 11, 2022ABC NEWS' JAM LONGMAN ON G OUT: 'I ULD NEVER IMAGE THEN THE LIFE I HAVE NOW'OCT 11, 2022UP 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

For openly gay journalist G Benez, marriage is not jt a unn of bodi; is also a never-endg bond between the two souls. G Benez B (Age)Born on 29 October 1985 Miami, Florida to parents of Cuban ethnicy, G attend Miami Coral Park High Might Also Like: 'Wallflower' Hunky Actor Adam Hagenbuch, Age 27 Wiki: Reveals Datg Stat, Gay Or Not? ABC's David Muir Gay: Boyiend, Datg History, and Married LifeG's Acceptance Of Homosexualy Was Easy; Who Is G Benez's Hband?

Related: Openly Gay Anrson Cooper Spl Wh Rtranter Partner; Boyiend Still Fay On a sunny day Miami at the Walton Hoe, the handsome hunks cid to exchange vows ont of 160 relativ and were officiated by Tommy's sister Meg. "I'm gay, one of those people.

I'm a gay man and I n't hold any more.

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.SEARCHLIVGCOLLEGE GRAD OPENS UP AFTER DISPLAYG GAY PRI FLAG AT BYU GRADUATNJILLIAN ORR TOLD "GMA" THAT SHE TEXTED THIS PHOTO OF HER MODIFIED GRADUATN GOWN TO HER BT IEND, THE FIRST PERSON SHE EVER ME OUT TO.COURTY JILLIAN ORRBYYI-J YUAPRIL 27, 2022, 4:13 AM•6 M READA FORMER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY STUNT HAS GONE VIRAL FOR FLASHG A GAY PRI FLAG AT THE SCHOOL THAT WAS FOUND AND REMAS FANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE CHURCH OF J CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SATS.JILLIAN ORR SHARED WHAT SHE DID ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A TIKTOK VIO THAT HAS NOW BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 3 LN TIM THE LAST THREE DAYS, AND A MORE -PTH FACEBOOK POST, WHERE SHE WROTE PART, “IT’S HARD BEG GAY AT BYU. I DIDN’T KNOW I INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH AND ’S SRY TO LIVE WH THE FEAR THAT ANY MOMENT THEY ULD TAKE AWAY YOUR GREE. YOU N’T BE A RELATNSHIP UNLS YOU’RE HETERO AND MOST OF MY CLASS SPOKE OF THE ‘EVIL’ THAT I WAS BORN TO.”MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH, ALSO KNOWN AS MORMONS, FOLLOW VAR CHURCH TEACHGS, CLUDG THE LAW OF CHASTY, WHICH PROHIBS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS AND MARRIAGE OUTSI OF ONE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.ORR TOLD “GOOD MORNG AMERI” THAT SHE ED TO BE A VOUT MORMON AND WHEN SHE CID TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO FURTHER HER SOCIAL WORK REER, SHE CHOSE BRIGHAM YOUNG FOR S RELIG TI.“I WAS LIKE, ‘OH, LET'S GO TO BYU’ BEE THEY HAVE THE BT PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM THE STATE. IT'S THE MOST AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE LDS MEMBERS. IT'S CHEAPER FOR THOSE OF THAT RELIGN. AND SO I STARTED GOG TO THAT SCHOOL AND I ACTUALLY HAD A POSIVE EXPERIENCE,” THE 28-YEAR-OLD SAID.JILLIAN ORR POS WH HER MODIFIED GRADUATN GOWN. HER SISTER, RACHEL ORR, HELPED HER SEW A GAY PRI FLAG ON THE SI OF HER GOWN.COURTY HOPE ORR“I HAD REALLY GOOD PROFSORS AND WAS A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A PRTIG SCHOOL. AND THEN HALFWAY THROUGH MY EXPERIENCE, I STARTED TO DISVER MORE AND MORE ABOUT MY SEXUALY OF BEG BISEXUAL AND HAVG AND FALLG TO THIS RELATNSHIP WH THIS GIRL THAT I REALLY LOVED,” ORR NTUED.THE BLUFFDALE, UTAH, RINT SAID SHE STARTED REALIZG SHE WASN’T STRAIGHT, SOMETHG SHE SAID SHE ED TO THK, THE SPRG OF 2020.“I WAS NFINT AND I WAS PROUD OF WHAT I HAD DISVERED AND LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF, BUT WAS PAFUL THAT I WAS AN ENVIRONMENT THAT TGHT SOMETHG THAT WAS AGAST WHAT I KNEW IS TE AND WHAT OUR BASIC RIGHTS WERE,” SHE SAID.WHEN HER NAME WAS LLED, ORR WALKED ON STAGE AND OPENED UP HER GRADUATN GOWN TO REVEAL A GAY PRI FLAG.COURTY HOPE ORRORR TOLD “GMA” SHE ME OUT TO HER FAY AT THE TIME BUT KEPT HER TE INTY HIDN OM OTHERS AT SCHOOL AND HER LOL MUNY. SHE SAID SWCHG TO ONLE CLASS WHEN THE COVID-19 PANMIC BEGAN FELT LIKE A BLSG DISGUISE.“IT WAS HARD TO BE ON MP WH THAT KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWG MY LIFTYLE, BUT I WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO LIVE THAT LIFTYLE OUTSI OF BYU FOR FEAR OF OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS WHO WOULD TURN ME AND SO WAS REALLY A SECRET FOR JT ME AND MY FAY,” ORR SAID.“I REALIZED THAT BYU DO NOT - 'S AGAST THEIR POLICI AND AGAST THEIR L, THEIR S FOR HOMOSEXUAL DIVIDUALS TO ACT ON THOSE FEELGS, AND TO BE RELATNSHIPS,” SHE ADD. “AND IF YOU DO, THEY WILL THREATEN TO KICK YOU OUT OF THE SCHOOL OR REMOVE YOUR GREE OM YOU AND SO 'S REALLY SRY TO BE THAT SUATN OF POTENTIALLY LOSG EVERYTHG THAT YOU'VE WORKED FOR.”MORE: WHAT I’VE LEARNED SCE G OUT MY BYU MENCEMENT SPEECH LAST YEARBRIGHAM YOUNG’S HONOR SPECIFI THAT SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS ARE NOT PERMTED.“ANY SAME-SEX ROMANTIC BEHAVR IS A VLATN OF THE PRCIPL OF THE HONOR CO,” ACRDG TO AN RMATNAL PAGE ON THE UNIVERSY’S WEBSE. IN FEBARY, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUTN ALSO DISMISSED AN VTIGATN TO THE SCHOOL’S DISCIPLARY PROCR OF LGBTQ STUNTS, SAYG DIDN’T HAVE THE THORY TO DO SO, ACRDG TO THE ASSOCIATED PRS.“GMA” HAS REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL FOR MENT BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A RPONSE. ORR SAID SHE HASN’T HEARD OM THE UNIVERSY SCE THE CINT YET EHER.JILLIAN ORR ATTEND HER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY GRADUATN CEREMONY LAST WEEK.COURTY HOPE ORRORR SAID HER LAST TWO SEMTERS AT THE SCHOOL WERE PECIALLY DIFFICULT AND CREDS HER SISTERS AND GIRLIEND FOR BEG THERE FOR ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS.ONE OF ORR’S OLR SISTERS, RACHEL, WOULD GO ON TO HELP HER SEW THE RABOW PRI FLAG ON HER GRADUATN GOWN, AND HER YOUNGER SISTER, HOPE, ACPANIED HER TO THE MENCEMENT CEREMONY LAST WEEK AND PTURED PHOTOS FOR ORR WHILE SHE WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE, PROUDLY DISPLAYG THE FLAG.ORR, 28, HAD GONE BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER WORKG AND STUDIED PSYCHOLOGY AT BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY.COURTY HOPE ORR“I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, IF I WAS GONNA BE RTED OFF. I DIDN’T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA BE TACKLED AND I MEAN, I AM PUTTG A LOT OF THGS AT RISK RIGHT NOW. I'M PUTTG A LOT OF THGS ON THE LE AND I UNRSTAND THAT,” ORR SAID, ADDG THAT ASI OM PUTTG HER UNRGRADUATE GREE JEOPARDY, SHE SPECTS SHE MAY RECEIVE FURTHER BACKLASH OM OTHER MORMONS AND IENDS SHE ED TO BE CLOSE WH.“IT'S JT SAD TO SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE THE CHURCH HAVE A LIM TO THEIR LOVE WHEN THE CHURCH SAYS THEIR LOVE IS ENDLS,” ORR SAID.DPE THE POSSIBLE REPERCSNS, ORR SAID OVERALL, SHE IS HAPPY WH HER CISN TO E OUT. “IT HAS BEEN A SUPER ROCKY ROAD OF TRYG TO NAVIGATE EVERYTHG HAPPENG AND TRYG TO INTIFY HOW I WILL NAVIGATE HOW THGS ARE BUT HONTLY, I FEEL SO MUCH HAPPIER NOW AND SO MUCH MORE EE BEE I N FALLY LIVE THENTILLY.”ORR, WHO DREAMS OF BEG A PUBLIC SPEAKER THE FUTURE, SAID SHE HOP OTHERS THE LGBTQ MUNY N BE SPIRED BY HER FIANT ACT. “WE OFTEN LET FEAR DRIVE OUR ACTNS … BUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU START MAKG YOUR CISNS BY WHAT YOU FEEL IS RIGHT AND TE TO YOUR HEART, YOU ARE ABLE TO LIVE A HAPPIER LIFE. WHEN YOU START NNG AT FEAR AND YOU TAKE DOWN AND YOU FACE YOUR MONS, THAT'S WHEN YOU REGNIZE THAT IS YOUR POWER AND YOUR STRENGTH AND THAT'S WHEN YOU REGNIZE THAT YOU WILL BE EED AND LIVE SUCH A HAPPIER LIFE WHEN YOU'RE THENTIC.”UP 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

A former Brigham Young Universy stunt has gone viral for flashg a gay pri flag at the school that was found and remas fancially supported by The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats. Jillian Orr shared what she did on social media, a TikTok vio that has now been viewed more than 3 ln tim the last three days, and a more -pth Facebook post, where she wrote part, “It’s hard beg gay at BYU. Her sister, Rachel Orr, helped her sew a gay pri flag on the si of her gown.

“I was nfint and I was proud of what I had disvered and learned about myself, but was paful that I was an environment that tght somethg that was agast what I knew is te and what our basic rights were, ” she her name was lled, Orr walked on stage and opened up her graduatn gown to reveal a gay pri flag. “I realized that BYU do not - 's agast their polici and agast their l, their s for homosexual dividuals to act on those feelgs, and to be relatnships, ” she add. “Good Morng Ameri” anchor Rob Roberts ed a Facebook post to acknowledge what iends and -workers have long known: She’s gay.

‘GMA’ ANCHOR ROB ROBERTS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDG SHE’S GAY

Good Morng Ameri may be gettg a new pair of hosts for s third hour, cludg openly gay journalist G Benez.

On the bright si of this news, there’s a chance that GMA3 will have a permanent out gay anchor.

WILL “GOOD MORNG AMERI” GET A GAY HOST?

In 2019, Benez penned a letter to his younger self honor of Natnal Comg Out Day, wrg, “Though one iend warns, ‘You n’t be gay and succsful the media, ’ your lleagu will celebrate you.