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A degenerative knee injury has ended the Adelaide 36ers centre's career. Four years after he came out on court, Humphries is staying with the club, and his legacy is bigger than his stat line.
Only 12% of LGBTIQ people in Albania, 21% in North Macedonia and 29% in Serbia say they're fairly or very open, against 51% across the EU. On National Coming Out Day, here's what the numbers mean, and why coming out is yours to time.
Dame Esther Rantzen, who founded Childline in 1986, has died aged 86. Beyond That's Life and her assisted dying campaign, she put coming out and trans lives on daytime TV long before it was easy, and built a helpline that still answers young LGBTQ+ people today.
Collins came out in a 2013 Sports Illustrated essay and kept playing — a quiet, deliberate act of courage that changed what was possible for gay athletes in men's pro sports. He died this week after an eight-month fight with brain cancer.
When we call every queer act of self-expression 'brave,' we're accidentally reinforcing the idea that being yourself is inherently dangerous. It's time for a language upgrade.
