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Actress Bella Thorne Comes Out As Bisexual

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The former Disney star does her part for bi visibility. From: NewNowNext  She’s only 18, but Blended star Bella Thorne is doing her part for queer visibility. wake me up when these damn girls will officially date @bellathorne i'm just a happy shipper pic.twitter.com/W0Xp64aXmm — ` (@vodkaingomez) August 22, 2016 After photos of Thorne kissing another girl surfaced online, a fan asked the actress-author-singer point blank if she was bisexual. Her reply? A straightforward “Yes.” @bellathorne yes baby! everyone w this sort of platform that is open like this makes it easier for the rest of us! pic.twitter.com/QCZZZxRc4w — lil lily lane (@LilyLaneMusic) August 23, 2016 That’s all—no press release, no magazine cover, no drama. Just a nice, no-big-deal affirmation that will mean a hell of a lot to thousands of young people. We’re not sure when Thorne, who previously dated Faking It ’s Gregg Sulkin, will have time to date ladies, though: She’s got a half-dozen movies coming out includin...

Bisexual Boxer Nicola Adams Wins Gold In Rio

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In 2012, the Olympian topped the Independent's list of most influential LGBT figures in Britain. From: NewNowNext  Nicola Adams became a double Olympic champion in Rio over the weekend, making her Britain’s first boxer to defend a gold medal crown since 1924. The 33-year-old followed up her 2012 win at the London Olympics by defeating France’s Sarah Ouhramoun on Saturday with a unanimous verdict. “The gold rush continues,” she said after her win. “I can’t believe it. I am now officially our most accomplished amateur boxer ever and it is such an amazing feeling.” Adams is bisexual, and is known as the first openly LGBT person to win an Olympic gold medal for boxing. “No one’s ever really cared about me being bisexual and I only came out because I had always been out, it’s just the general public didn’t know,” she said. “I’m quite fearless. I’m like, ‘Let’s just go out there and do this and see what happens.'”

Out British boxer Nicola Adams wins Olympic gold medal

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She becomes a repeat gold medalist after winning in London. From: OutSports Nicola Adams , an openly bisexual boxer from Britain, won the gold medal today in the women's flyweight division at the Rio Olympics. It was her second consecutive boxing gold after winning the title in London in 2012. "The gold rush continues," Adams told the BBC. "I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer Great Britain has ever had. I can't believe it." Adams, from Leeds, has won Olympic, European and Commonwealth golds and now becomes the first Briton to defend her Olympic crown since middleweight Harry Mallin in 1924. Adams, 33, won by unanimous decision over  Sarah Ourahmoune of France. Nicola Adams is now Great Britain's most decorated amateur boxer of all time. Incredible. https://t.co/jazAnQQpbq pic.twitter.com/0tPp813CDA — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 20, 2016 In an interview earlier this year with the Huffington Post , she was openly proud about being ...

A Heartbreaking Look At Why So Many Bisexual Men Remain Closeted

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From: Queerty “I would never tell anyone,” a male participant in a recent study conducted by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. “I’ll go to my grave with this.” The study, which was released earlier this summer, looked at roughly 200 closeted bisexual men with wives or girlfriends, and the findings were pretty heartbreaking. Eric Schrimshaw, an associate professor of sociomedical sciences, helped lead the study and says it sheds even more light on some of the reasons why bi guys choose to remain closeted, even today, in the year 2016. Many of the guys interviewed said they kept their true sexual orientations a secret out of the fear of criticism and ridicule by their peers. They worried their wives and girlfriends would have “extreme negative reactions,” and that their friends and family members would treat them differently. And, honestly, they’re justified in feeling that way. Think Progress points to a 2013 study by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of ...