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Meet Michols Peña – the new gay manager steaming up 'Southern Hospitality'

The workplace humidity just got spicy in Charleston, and Ricky Cornish reveals all the juicy bits.

How to embrace your true identity: Auntie's tips on disclosure

Auntie's advice and guide to disclosing your true self

Jane Fonda Gets Emotional Over Demi Lovato’s Gender Identity Journey

The cultural icon spoke with Lovato about environmentalism, feminism, and embracing one's true self on 4D with Demi Lovato.

How Ursula K. Le Guin Aided This Trans Woman's Rebirth

Jessie Earl shares how author Ursula K. Le Guin helped shape and inform her womanhood and transgender identity.

Missed Cyndi Lauper's WorldPride Performance? Relive It Here

The pop icon sang "True Colors" from on top of the world.

Doritos Day of the Dead Commercial With Queer Couple Goes Viral

The ad is titled "Nunca Es Tarde Para Ser Quien Eres," or "It's Never Late to Be Who You Are."

ESPN Columnist Comes Out, Is Engaged

The sports journalist is engaged to partner David Kitchen.

The Journey to Become My True Self at Work

We often spend more time with our coworkers than our families -- so make sure they treat you well, says Miki Demeter.

Op-ed: My Life as a Gay Boy Scout

Gay author Christopher Bram recounts how scouting helped him make it through adolescence and discover his true self.

'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Freddie Mercury Triumph at the Golden Globes

"Thank you for showing us the power of embracing your true self," producer Graham King said to Mercury. "This one's for you."

My way out

The author of a compelling new book for gay men, The Way Out, relates his own journey from the closet to the party scene to despair to enlightenment--and invites you to join him on his path to affirming the true self.

Op-ed: 5 Life Lessons From Jinkx Monsoon

What Anthony Armstrong learned from Drag Race fave, Jinkx Monsoon

Op-ed: Why #AcceptanceMatters in Love

RuPaul and Tyler Curry agree: If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

How White and Latino Gay Men Come Out Differently

Exiting the closet is often a very different experience for varying groups, according to a researcher.

Embrace Your True Self at Home and Then Work

The director of Executive Pride says his confidence to be out was learned early, and not from his parents.

WATCH: This Trans Prom Queen Celebrates Her 'True Self'

Brooklynn Buenventura has come a long way from the first time she was elected to homecoming court, when she 'hid' herself in a tuxedo.

'The Bold Type's' Stephen Conrad Moore Is Nobody's 'Gay Sidekick'

Moore is a breath of fresh air as a same-gender-loving man of color playing someone closer to his true self.

Can I Just Use the Girls' Bathroom?

This week marks 40 years since I first asked an elementary school official if I could use the girls’ bathroom, beginning my struggle to live as my true self.

Love Hurts' Ariana DeBose and Ke Huy Quan on living and loving authentically

Ariana DeBose's character in Love Hurts, the new action, comedy, love story set around Valentine's Day lives by the ethos, "Living ain't hiding." She and star Ke Huy Quan chat with The Advocate about living as one's true self.

Trans Flag Creator: 'Visibility = Credibility'

Stop hiding, at least for today, writes Monica Helms.

The Queer, Spiritual Journey of Jedidiah Jenkins

Once a lawyer, the beloved travel writer and influencer is on a spiritual mission that includes all of us.