Today is National Coming Out Day. And although a few people may find the courage to tell the world that they’re gay today, National Coming Out Day is more about celebrating the people who already have. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and transgender people are being celebrated across the country today.

Ke$ha has teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign to help celebrate the LGBT holiday by creating T-shirts that proclaim “We R Who We R.” The shirts are selling for $35 on the HRC website, with all proceeds going to the HRC’s work in the LGBT community.

Celebrities, politicians, and other public figures are also being celebrating during October which is LGBT History month. LGBTHistoryMonth.com is posting a video every day this month to celebrate 31 gay icons throughout history. Neil Patrick Harris, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Alan Cumming, and 27 other gay icons will be celebrated through the videos.

Here is one video from LGBTHistoryMonth.com:

The HRC is also organizing a social media campaign to encourage people to come out of the closet and to support those who have. Members, or supporters, of the LGBT community can donate their Facebook status using the HRC’s Coming Out for Equality Facebook App.

The HRC writes:

“Whether you’re lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or a straight ally, be proud of who you are and your support for LGBT equality this Coming Out Day! Use HRC’s Coming Out for Equality Facebook app to show your support and spread a message of equality to your friends and family. It’s the courage to come out as an active voice for LGBT equality that will result in real political and social change.”

Here are a couple of quotes from LGBT celebrities. (You can read more inspiring words at Rador Online.)

Elton John: “I came out in 1973, at the height of my career, and yeah, it hurt me a little bit, but not that much, and it gave me the freedom to be who I was for the rest of my life. I don’t have to hide around corners. The worst thing is to be afraid of who you are — it’s horrible.”

Portia de Rossi: “Hiding your sexuality is the most horrible way to live and it really does a huge disservice to society; Because if everybody who was gay came out in every profession, teachers, doctors, if everybody came out and said, ‘I’m gay. Who cares?’ [then] it would make a big impact to what’s happening with all this teenage suicide.”

What do you think about National Coming Out Day?

LGBT Celebrities Honored on National Coming Out Day is a post from: The Inquisitr

This year, members of the LBGT community will not just take the streets to show their pride, but is also expected to take it to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networks. SpinVox, a service that captures spoken words and feeds them out as a text content, offers the following five ways to express gay pride via social networking sites:

• Add gay pride “Flair” to your Facebook page. A new SpinVox button is available through the Pieces of Flair application by searching for “SpinVox Coming Out.
• Add Diana Ross’ “I’m Coming Out” to your MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, imeem, Hi5, iLike, and other social network pages.
• Start or join a gay pride network online. Many niche gay and lesbian audiences still need forums to call their own.
• Become a fan of Ellen, Liz Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Melissa Etheridge, Madonna, Bette Midler and Cher on your Facebook page.
• Declare your support by promoting gay friendly sites to your blogroll.

 
“With SpinVox you can update your entire social network in your own voice while you’re celebrating National Coming Out Day,” said Christina Domecq, SpinVox co-founder and CEO. “Our mission is to help everyone speak freely and we support those who want to share how they feel ‘in the moment’ with their friends and family.”

Today is National Coming Out Day; SpinVox has tips on how to express it is a post from: The Inquisitr