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by Michael K. Lavers EDGE Mid-Atlantic Regional Editor With the annual National Coming Out Day tomorrow, activists will stage celebrations, events and other commemorations across the country to mark this all-important LGBT rite of passage. The fact remains, however, lesbian and gay teenagers across the country continue to face homophobia, violence and even death because of their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, Candace Gingrich, National Black Justice Coalition CEO H. Alexander Robinson and the CNN political analyst Hillary Rosen are among those profiled in gay philanthropist Mitchell Gold’s book "Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America." It hit bookstores last... [read full story]
