Role Models
Two Dads, Three Sons…
The two daddies who adopted three small boys from a family unable to care for them may be excoriated by anti-gay organizations such as Focus on the Family, but to their sons, who they saved from being separated and lost in the foster care system, they are simply Daddy and Papa-and to their Seattle community, [...]
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Celebrities
A list of some gay, lesbian, bisexual celebrities – recognize anyone? Virginia Woolf Writer Michael Stipe Lead Singer of REM Clive Barker Author and Filmmaker Rosie O’Donnell Comedian and Actor Randy Harrison Actor Mitchell Anderson Actor Freddie Mercury Lead singer of Queen André Boulerice Provincial Cabinet Minister Boy George Singer & Songwriter Claude Rajotte Animateur [...]
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Why It Matters: Holding Out For A Hero
Like any good gay boy, I have a healthy obsession with the Backstreet Boys, NSync, and any other cute-fronted boy band (or vocal harmony group, as they long to be called). And, like many other gay boys, I have often wondered, questioned, and obsessed over whether or not a certain one of their members is [...]
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Marilyn’s Boys – The Gay Boy Band
I don’t own a single boyband record. You won’t find the Backstreet Boys in my collection or N’Sync for that matter. Most of the time I could care less about the latest happenings betweem Justin and Britney. But with the news of an all gay boyband out of Germany called Marilyn’s Boys, even I’ve found myself [...]
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Homo & Cappuccino
The day that I learned that one of my friends was gay, I congratulated him for his courage and then asked him what he planned to do during his first week of vacation; and then, I took another mouthful of my cappuccino..
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Melissa Etheridge – Song Writer, Musician, Performer & Author
“My coming out was something that was truly of the moment. I’d been thinking for quite a while … I was going to come out, and maybe I’d wait till my album came out at the end of the year. I just got up (at a gay political event in D.C.) and spoke after k.d. [...]
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The Marc Hall Story – The Day After the Prom
The case of Marc Hall, the courageous teen who just wanted to take his boyfriend to the prom. The publically funded Catholic School Board said he couldn’t, so Marc, and a coalition of groups supporting him asked for an injunction to require the board to permit it. The decision was released just hours before the [...]
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Marc Hall Ready for the Prom
Marc Hall's court date has finally led to a prom date. A judge ruled Friday that the gay teen could take his 21-year-old boyfriend to the annual Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic High School rite of passage, despite objections from the Durham Catholic School Board. The Board had forbidden the 17-year-old from attending the party on [...]
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How Mark Tewksbury Came Out
SUMMARY: The Canadian Olympic swimmer made a big splash with the announcement that he’s gay, and succeeded in making the occasion pride-filled and spiced with humor. 1992 Olympic backstroke champ Mark Tewksbury picked the time and the method by which he would make it entirely public that he’s a gay man, and he wanted to [...]
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Amelie Mauresmo: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Only a year has passed since French tennis pro Amelie Mauresmo came out of the closet at age 19. She’d just worsted leading champion Lindsay Davenport in a match at the Australian Open. Ms. Davenport had hardly been a good sport about it. After her loss she’d said of Amelie: “A couple of times I [...]
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Équipe AlterHéros
Julie-Maude Beauchesne
François Paquette
Dee Gamme
Samuel A.
Marion Téjédor