Former Star Of ‘The Bachelor’ Colton Underwood Comes Out As Gay

Bella Breakdown The former star of “The Bachelor” Colton Underwood appeared for an interview on “Good Morning America” to reveal more about his personal life than ever before. Underwood revealed in the GMA interview, “I’ve ran from myself for a long time. I’ve hated myself for a long time … and I’m gay.” “I could never give anybody a good enough answer about why I was a virgin. The truth is I was ‘the virgin Bachelor’ because I was gay, and I didn’t know how to handle that," says Colton Underwood of his time on the ABC reality franchise...

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New York City Will Celebrate Pride 2020 Online

Bella Breakdown New York City officially cancels all in-person events for Pride 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and will celebrate pride online. The NYC Pride organizers are looking into making the best pride experience online during this time reinforcing social distancing. NYC Pride confirmed performers to headline the event including Janelle Monáe, Pussy Riot, and Betty Who. The NYC Pride organizers are looking into creating a safe event online so people can celebrate pride without risking their health. NYC's #Pride parade began in 1970 as a way to commemorate the Stonewall rebellion the year before, when a police...

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Victoria’s Secret Makes History Hiring First Openly Transgender Model

Bella Breakdown It seems Victoria’s Secret is already making some big changes to its company after having to possibly cancel its annual fashion show. Earlier this week was announced that the lingerie company had hired its first transgender model. Brazilian model Valentina Sampaio has made history by posing for a catalog photoshoot, her agent, Erio Zanon, said on Monday. According to Zanon, Sampaio, whose 22 years-old, had been hired for catalog work for VS Pink, the company’s athletic line. “Never stop dreaming,” Sampaio wrote on Instagram after it was announced that she had signed on to model for the...

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Mario Lopez Facing Criticism After Comments About Parents Of Transgender Kids

Bella Breakdown Former Saved by the Bell star Mario Lopez found himself in hot water earlier this week when he made some pretty insensitive comments about parents of transgendered children. The comments came during an interview on “The Candace Owens Show” back in June, where the conservative commentator brought up “this new trend where celebrities are coming out … and saying that their child is picking their gender.” From there the actor and co-host of Extra went on to say that parents encouraging their young kids to choose their own gender is “dangerous.” He then added, “it’s sort of...

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Tinder Introduces A New Traveling Feature For The LGBTQ Community

Bella Breakdown Dating app Tinder has a new feature intended on keeping the LGBTQ community safe while traveling. With the growing fears and attacks against the LGBTQ community, the dating app will now warn those when they’re traveling in a country where their dating preferences could put them at legal risk. Named the “Traveler Alert,” the feature will automatically hide users’ profiles when they’re traveling abroad in countries where same-sex relationships are illegal. From there, users can then choose whether or not they want to stay hidden. If they choose to keep their profile public then their sexual orientation...

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