#LindseyGraham's #transphobia #comesout of #thecloset during #judicial #nominee #questioning.
Graham and #TedCruz went after a #nominee who once #served in #Congress as a #Democrat and #supported the #EqualityAct. Brindisi disputed the #Hatemongering #senators’ #framing of the #legislation
#PhilDonahue #interviewed a #gay #man before #Stonewall on #TV & was an #LGBTQ+ #ally thereafter.
"Through my #activism, I began to realize what it must be like to be #born, to #live, and to #die in #TheCloset. I can't even imagine it.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture
Nearly 1 in 5 #LGBTQ+ #Americans are still in #TheCloset, says new #study.
A new #Gallup #survey of #queer #adults in #America has #goodnews and #badnews for the #LGBTQ+ #community. On the bright side, folks feel #comfortable #comingout at younger ages — but only if they feel comfortable coming out at all.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
“I had to go back into #TheCloset when I got a #cabincrew #job – I became a #stranger in my own #life”
When #KarenMcLeod started #working as #cabincrew in the late 90s, she assumed she’d feel #welcome. But after telling a #colleague about her #sexuality, she was encouraged to hide who she was.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Travel #Tourism #Airlines #Workplace #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/cabin-crew-homophobia-karen-mcleod-lifting-off/895433
“I’ve Never Been in #TheCloset:” #NcutiGatwa on #Publicly #Describing Himself as #Queer for the First Time.
In a recent #British #GQ #profile, Gatwa discussed being #publicly #queer, #comingout to his #mom, and more.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #TV #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon
https://www.them.us/story/ncuti-gatwa-queer-on-people-assuming-his-sexuality
On #NationalComingOutDay, #closeted #LGBTQ #people remind us that they’re here too.
In light of National Coming Out Day, #queer and #trans people are taking the #microphone, #amplifying their #voices from inside #TheCloset—even if it still means choosing not to #ComeOut.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture #NationalComingOutDay
I have never, in my #adult #life, felt less #safe to be #gay in #public in the #US.
After coming out of #Thecloset two decades ago, I never thought I’d go back in. But #homophobia seems to be #acceptable again.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/lgbtq-homophobia-rise-new-york
#Older #LGBTQ #adults #fear going back “in #TheCloset” upon entering #assistedliving
Just 18% of #longterm #care #communities have #policies to #protect #residents based on their sexual orientation
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Aging https://www.salon.com/2023/08/19/older-lgbtq-adults-fear-going-back-in-the-closet-upon-entering-assisted-living/
"#HurricaneKimchi" and Her #Fight For #LGBTQRights In #SouthKorea.
#Gaymarriage is #banned in the country, #socialpressure keeps many in #thecloset, and the annual #Pride #celebration attracts #vicious #Christian-led #opposition.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthKorea #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #Pride #PrideMonth #Representation #Culture https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/south-korean-drag-queens-challenge-norms-fight-for-lgbtq-rights-4165164
More on #TracyBaim who was mentioned in the previous story.
#TracyBaim: Finding my #niche early in the #gay #press
By 1984, after graduating with a #journalism #degree — and being a very #out #lesbian — I knew #mainstream #newsrooms were not for me. I was not going back into #thecloset for my #career
