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Rob: 26 yro / Gemini

Tallahassee, Florida

On October 11th, National Coming Out Day will be observed by members of the GLBT community. This is the day that we share our experiences, both positive and negative, in hopes that our GLBT peers will find the courage to step out of the closet.

Coming out to friends and family, if they couldn’t figure it out on their own, can be a roller coaster of emotions. Fear of rejection, hate, disgust, banishment and even violence have kept many in a life of lies and self loathing. How can you have pride in your self when you can’t be your self?
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Charlene Nguon lost her federal lawsuit against an Orange County school district and her principal for telling her mother she was gay. A federal judge ruled Charlene Nguon was treated no differently from straight students and her rights weren’t violated.

In 2005 Nguon filed suit against Garden Grove Unified School District, claiming she was suspended several times and forced to temporarily transfer because she refused to stop hugging and kissing her girlfriend on campus. The Santa Ana resident and her girlfriend, Trang Nguyen, allege that Santiago High School Principal Ben Wolf told them not to show affection toward each other after they began dating as juniors. Throughout the year, the two defied the order and continued to hug and kiss on campus despite suspensions ranging from one to five days, the suit says. Eventually, Wolf demanded that one of the girls transfer to another school, according to the suit. She was then “outed” to her parents by the school. The suit also points out the lack of enforcement and in the disparity of punishments received by heterosexual students.
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In an historic step toward equality for GLBT Americans, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Matthew Shepard Act, which updates and expands the federal hate crimes laws to include bias motivated violence based on a victim’s sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, and disability, and provides new resources and tools to assist local law enforcement in prosecuting vicious crimes.

“For over a decade our community has worked tirelessly to ensure protections to combat violence motivated by hate and today we are the closest we have ever been to seeing that become a reality,” said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. “Congress has taken an historic step forward and moved our country closer to the realization that all Americans, including the GLBT community, are part of the fabric of our nation. The new leadership in Congress fully understands that for too long our community has been terrorized by hate violence. And today, the US Senate has sent a clear message to every corner of our country that we will no longer turn a blind eye to anti-gay violence in America.”
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Hot Zombie Boy

Jeremy: 18 yro / Scorpio

Livonia, Michigan