Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 6, 2022. It has since been updated. One person who has always championed the LGBTQIA+ community is Ash Beckham. The equality advocate makes compelling arguments about being openly and proudly gay, just as she is. Her public addresses resonate with people for the truth they hold.

A little girl asked a lesbian if she was a boy or a girl and their conversation was incredibly moving

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on January 23, 2020. It has since been updated. Growing up, it's easy to assume that everyone's family is like our own. For instance, all my friends grew up in two-parent households, but I was raised by my single mother. I didn't complain; I loved her and appreciated all her sacrifices. All my peers, however, didn't really grasp what it meant to grow up with only one parent. It meant I was making a lot of my own school lunches, had to take care of household chores and even attend parent-teacher meetings by myself. Essentially, I grew up way faster than everyone else did. When all my friends whined about their strict, annoying, overly protective dads, I would wonder what it was like to have one in the first place. Would he teach me how to ride a bicycle? Or congratulate me when I get my driving license? Or help me with my school projects? I didn't know.

12 former poor kids share things they never had that their friends didn't appreciate

It's always tough when your family disagrees with your "lifestyle," which, for many from traditional backgrounds, is often just a code for homophobia. That's something Cydney Prescott experienced firsthand one holiday season when he learned that a bunch of extended family members who had gathered began to have a "meeting" about his being gay.

Family has "meeting" about gay son. Mom immediately shuts it down.

Having kids is a personal choice and not something that can be made to appease others. A woman, u/Minimum_Reaction_724 shared on Reddit how one of her colleagues kept asking her why she was not having kids and she ended up having to lie owing to the pressure he created on her in a room full of people. She started by writing how it all started. She had gone for a two-day seminar a few weeks ago with over 100 people from different departments in her company.

Childfree woman teaches colleague a lesson for publicly shaming her for not having kids

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"We'd play outside in the neighborhood until the street lights came on: hopscotch, jump rope, rollerskating, and biking up and down the sidewalks. On hot summer nights, our parents sat on the porch and watched us. It was simpler back then."

"She Was 26 And Had No Idea What I Meant": 21 Older Adults Are Sharing The Unique Everday Experiences From The Past That Have Ceased To Exist Over Time

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Donna Kent, the rightful owner of the house, inherited the property from her father who died in 2012, but is just now gaining access to her dad's treasure-trove of once-loved relics.

Squatter who took over dead man's home six years ago finally allows his daughter in to collect decades-old family treasures

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Ahhhh, manners. They're a way of life for a certain generation, namely boomers and even some fringe Gen-Xers. Manners were […]

Manners Boomers Still Embrace That are Rejected by Millenials & Gen-Z

It’s hot out there so quenching thirst is a top priority as extreme summer temperatures leave the body parched. Icy beverages rule, but which are the healthiest?. Amid all the emphasis on healthy eating, healthy drinking is crucial, too, since sugary options can derail a nutritious diet, experts note.

What's the healthiest beverage? The No. 1 pick, according to dietitians

Jan and Els were married for almost five decades. In early June, they died together after being given lethal medication by two doctors. In the Netherlands, this is known as duo-euthanasia. It’s legal, and it’s rare - but every year, more Dutch couples choose to end their lives this way.

Dying together: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living

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Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram!. One day in March 2023, Kyle McMorrow of Brooklyn woke up at 5 a.m. with the worst neck pain he’s ever had. “I thought I had slept on it wrong. I tried to massage it out with a massage gun, but nothing worked,” he tells TODAY.com.

This active man, 37, thought his neck pain came from sleeping wrong. He was having a stroke

It’s not unusual for dogs to invite other animal friends into their home, bed, or back yard. Dogs are social creatures, and most of them love hanging out with other dogs, sometimes cats, and even wild animals. You’ve seen numerous occasions how dogs become friends with deer, opossums, squirrels,...

Woman Noticed Something Strange In Her Dog’s Bed During A Stormy Night And Went To Investigate It

The 1970s might be best remembered for being an experimental decade across many fronts but baby names wasn’t necessarily one of them. The top baby boy names of the 1970s were generally traditional — names that have been topping the baby names charts for 100 years. According to Social Security Administration data, four of the top 10 baby boy names in the 1970s — James, John, Robert, and William — were also in the top 10 list of names 50 years earlier, in the 1920s.

Top 50 baby names of the 1970s

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A grandmother has told how she discovered a secret her son and his wife tried to keep from their family for over 15 years - after she agreed to pay for her granddaughter's DNA test

'I discovered my daughter was hiding a terrible family secret when I bought her children a DNA kit'

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Minnesota news anchor Jason Hackett recently attended a basketball game with his partner of five years. And for the first time, he didn't care if anyone was watching them. “He had his hand on my knee, and we were obviously together and I didn’t give a damn about what people thought,” Hackett, 36, tells TODAY.com.

See a Minnesota morning anchor come out as gay on live TV: 'I'm so nervous right now'

Summer is officially here, which means warmer weather and releasing our feet from their closed-toe confines. But as people swap boots for sandals and spend more time outside, foot doctors are urging caution. The summer can be hard on the feet and present a number of challenges, which is why...

I'm a foot doctor. Avoid these 5 mistakes that can hurt your feet this summer

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The famously sardonic American author, public speaker and actor on happiness, bad ideas and the life-boosting nature of friendship

Fran Lebowitz: ‘I am very angry. I’m angry almost all the time’

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Some people on TikTok are shocked by a mother who sent her daughters to a seven-week summer camp that’s in a different state. Others are coming to her defense. “How could you send your kids away to sleepaway camp for seven weeks?” reads the text on a TikTok video posted by Florida mom Rachael Potash, whose daughters, ages 11 and 13, are at summer camp in Maine.

Mom's defense of sending kids to 7-week sleepaway camp divides the internet

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The literature involving cougars — be it fiction or nonfiction — reveals some surprising insights into the life and mindset of older women who date younger men. Society often views these relationships with a mixture of curiosity and judgment, but there’s much more beneath the surface than meets the eye. In this article, we’ll delve into seven shocking secrets found in the literature that will change your perspective on these intriguing relationships.

7 shocking secrets of a cougar

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I was poor and gay — and my childhood revolved around hiding that

Standing in the airport fidgeting with my plastic, TV reporter earpiece, my camera crew is setting up to interview a traveler when she fills the brief...

I was poor and gay — and my childhood revolved around hiding that

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