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24 Celebrities Whose Coming Out Helped Change the World

While we still have quite a ways to go with equality in all aspects of life for those who identify as LGBTQ (consider the transphobic “bathroom” law in North Carolina or the epidemic of bullying still plaguing schools across the country), we are unquestionably making strides. For one: It seems we are finally reaching a point where coming out isn’t a career-ender for actors and actresses. It may not seem like much to some people, but it is a start.

But even just a couple decades ago, that was very much not the case. There were only a few performers willing to come out and brave the scorn of an ignorant public — and it’s partly because of them that we live in the more open environment we have today. Their coming out was met with a mix of reactions, but they continued to have successful careers, and helped change the public’s perception of what it means to be LGBTQ. They’ve done a lot to de-stigmatize the community just by being their true selves. As we celebrate Pride month, it’s time look back at 24 celebrities who helped change the world.

H/T: Teen Vogue

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59 Things Your LGBTQ Friends Want You to Know

In honor of GLSEN’s National Day of Silence.
Vera Papisova

Thanks, Teen Vogue!

Today, thousands of students across the country, with the support of educators, Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) and GLSEN chapters, will participate in GLSEN’s Day of Silence, an annual international event that brings attention to the name-calling, bullying, and harassment experienced by LGBTQ youth in schools.

Students take a vow of silence as a symbol of the silencing effect of anti-LGBTQ language and bullying. This year, the theme is “Silence is Ours,” and the focus is on reclaiming this silence, shifting it from something forced upon LGBTQ students to a strategic tool they use to advocate for safe and affirming schools.

GLSEN’s Day of Silence is one of the largest student-led actions in the country, with students from more than 8,000 middle and high schools, colleges, and universities in every state and 70 countries around the world having participated in the past.

According to GLSEN’s most recent National School Climate Survey, one of few surveys on the school experiences of LGBTQ middle and high school students in the country, 85% of LGBTQ students were verbally harassed at school in the past year and nearly two-thirds heard homophobic remarks frequently or often. LGBTQ students who experienced discrimination, bullying, and harassment at school were more than three times as likely to have missed school in the past month as those who did not, had lower GPAs than their peers, and had lower self-esteem and higher levels of depression.

This is unacceptable.

Today, Teen Vogue supports GLSEN’s National Day of Silence by asking students who have been marginalized for their gender and/or sexuality to share what allies need to know in order to eliminate the anti-LGBTQ language and bullying that exists in classrooms around the world.

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How I Learned to Accept My Queerness as a Muslim Woman “ This is my interpretation of Islam. I believe it to be more powerful to resist hatred, than to sink into it and succumb. I believe it to be more powerful to love what we don’t know, or...

How I Learned to Accept My Queerness as a Muslim Woman

This is my interpretation of Islam. I believe it to be more powerful to resist hatred, than to sink into it and succumb. I believe it to be more powerful to love what we don’t know, or understand, then to disregard it. I’ve always thought of faith as a selfless practice. To love others, with no hope of a reward, is nirvana.

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