An NBA Star Came Out As Gay, And President Obama Called Him. Others Experience Kind Of The Opposite.

When I think of events at the United Nations, I think of long-winded academic conferences.This is a different kind of UN event. Here, athletes and advocates share heartbreaking and inspiring personal stories of the LGBTQQIA experience and let us all know why equality means so much to them.

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Ari Isaacman Astles

Dec 19, 2013

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