"I personally have never had a major problem with anybody about being gay, " she said.
Craig, who repeatedly asserts that he is "not gay, " has fended off rumors about being gay for years.
Organizers say signs or buttons celebrating being gay would detract from the parade's focus on honoring Irish heritage.
Being gay is not an illness, neither is, for a woman, the fact that she has no man.
He has to rack his memory for the last time anyone called him anything nasty for being gay.
One thing Collins wanted to make clear in his piece: being gay is not the equivalent of being soft.
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Am I so physical to prove that being gay doesn't make you soft?
In fact, I was not aware of Jen even being gay for quite some time.....wasn't an issue or concern.
These are the flavours of Mexico City, where being gay is just another ingredient in the lime-and-chilli mix of the Mexican capital.
The second way of being gay, however, was to be out and proud.
It was set at a time when being gay was a crime and people were very guarded about the subject.
Speaking on BBC Radio Cymru, Owens said although rugby was a "macho" sport, being gay had not affected his career.
Schulman follows the trail and finds that "Amanda" is really Aaron, who is having trouble coming to terms with being gay.
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She has been sued by several former employees, including a suit by Charles Bell, who alleged he was fired for being gay.
The 42-year-old was a well known campaigner for gay rights but his family say he "suffered all his life" for being gay.
Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans, who is from Swansea, says it was hard enough growing up in Wales as a Conservative, "let alone being gay".
Being gay in India can get one thrown into jail in this country because of a section of the Indian Penal Code (Section 377) which criminalizes same-sex relationships.
It was sad to think of this guy's wife at home wondering where he was -- having no idea that he was talking with CNN about being gay.
For someone being gay not to be a big deal in the major pro sports, first someone has to let it be a big deal that he is gay.
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Studies have found that having older brothers increases a man's likelihood of being gay, as well as that the arrangement of a mother's genes could impact whether her son is gay.
Accepting his award, Cooper said "being gay is certainly one of the greatest blessings" and that it had "opened my head and heart in ways that I never could have predicted".
"Under 'don't ask, ' service members who were victims of assault by their own sex could have been accused of being gay if they reported it, and thus lose their careers, " she said.
But for Latinos, familia is all extended family and what is anathema to most Latinos is the thought that they would turn their backs on any family member for any reason, including being gay.
They are better able to see their way toward a brighter future and drum up the strength and courage to withstand the scorn and alienation that come -- far too often -- with being gay.
The Liberal Democrat MP has previously tabled an early day motion calling for Turing to be pardoned, saying his persecution "by the state for being gay is a scandal that shouldn't be allowed to stand".
Not only is there a law against it -- but there is a such a social stigma that goes along with being gay in India that there is a reluctance to talk about the issue openly.
Last year he launched a petition on the No 10 website calling on the government to make a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing for his treatment by the authorities for being gay.
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