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Coming Out Gay-Friendly, by EricaMonday, October 29th, 2012
My support for the LGBT community as an ally started in 2003 . I first learned about homosexuality when I was 17. For a little while, I thought it sounded weird and wrong. A few months later, I started to feel cool about it because I learned that people can't help who they fall in love with. I have a relative who is bisexual, and several friends who are gay - some from high
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Just Gotta Spread That Love, by ReenaMonday, October 29th, 2012
When I first heard that the photoshoot was in town, it was 30 minutes before the shoot was about to end. I took my hungover, made up face from the night before over to the W because I just had to do it. I cared less how I looked or felt at that moment, but rather the statement I would make . Whenever I saw a NOH 8 photo I got these amazing vibes and I just felt LOVE . Love shouldn't
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To Love Freely, by SuzieMonday, October 29th, 2012
I posed for NOH8 because too many have suffered the emotional consequences of intolerance. We all deserve to be loved and to love freely. The more people who are made aware of the intolerance, the more chance we have as a community to move forward freely in love and life. NOH8 is making this possible.
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Why We Posed With Our DaughterMonday, October 29th, 2012
Here's why we posed with our baby daughter : 1) We want her to know that we will always love her for exactly who she is. If she ever has questions about her identity, we want her to feel free to discuss it with us without hesitation or fear. 2) We want to raise her to celebrate human diversity in all its forms and love everyone as an equal. 3) We want to raise her in a world
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From an Illinois Farm Town, by BrianFriday, October 12th, 2012
My name is Brian Anderson. I grew up in a small Illinois farm town. I grew up in that town as someone known to be gay, and from that I was well known as someone to "hate." So for me, this NOH 8 picture I did was my way to stand up to that hate. The day of the photo shoot, I was a small part of such a big thing that's history in-the-making. My picture was taken with my whole heart
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