Category: Coming Out

Popular “Scooby-Doo” character Velma Dinkley has come out of the closet after 53 years. “Scooby-Doo” character Velma Dinkley develops a crush on… read more… Velma comes out

Teachers in Miami-Dade County Public Schools — the largest school district in Florida — are about to start their first… read more… Miami teachers intend to help students feel safe under “Don’t Say Gay”

Disney and three other major media companies will reportedly air a new public service announcement featuring a transgender teen created… read more… Disney to launch ad with transgender teen

Opponents of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education (aka “Don’t Say Gay”) believe the vagueness of the bill’s language remove all… read more… Queer youth say Florida’s parental rights legislation will erase them

On her now-private TikTok account, Caroline Cruz, 13, shared a video telling her viewers what it’s like being the daughter… read more… Daughter of homophobic senator comes out

Two organizations are working to counter discrimination and meet the needs of young queer people, regardless of their location and… read more… Online resources to help LGBTQ youth find support

The US surgeon general warned that young people are facing “devastating” mental health effects as a result of the challenges… read more… The pandemic worsened young people’s mental health crisis

Suicide remains a major concern, especially within the LGBTQ community. A 2019 study found young LGBTQ people are five times more… read more… LGBTQ+ youth contemplate suicide at nearly three times the rate of straight youth

Between 2015 and 2019, the percentage of 15- to 17-year-olds who said they identified as “non-heterosexual” rose from 8.3% to… read more… Rise in U.S. teens identifying as LGBT

A landmark new study has found that LGBTQ boys from Gen Z (1998 to 2010) are much more comfortable being… read more… More and more Gen Z boys are coming out to parents