national coming out day

Music
Meet the 72-Year-Old Preacher Behind One of the Greatest Gay Club Anthems of All Time
Carl Bean's 1977 Motown classic "I Was Born This Way" is just as empowering today as it was 40 years ago—just ask Lady Gaga.
Michelle Lhooq
10.11.16
Music
"It Was All Because I Didn't Know How to Hide a Love Note": Cakes Da Killa Shares His Coming Out Story
The New York rapper was in touch with his sexuality at a very young age—but telling his parents about it was a different matter.
Michelle Lhooq
10.12.15
Stuff
I'm Trying to Be a Bisexual, But I'm Failing Miserably
I've always been attracted to women, and felt mostly homosexual. But if I was born this way, why am I so bad at it?
Megan Koester
10.16.14