The musical has its origins in an incident that took place during Pasek's high school years. The musical "takes the notion of a teenager, ... Evan Hansen, who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn. Starring Ben Platt.

Following the suicide of a classmate, "J.Son" contemplates ending his own life due to bullying. True Gay Stories bring Jason's story from Siracuse, NY.

In “For Forever” Evan makes up a story of a friendship that never existed to comfort Connor’s parents after he passed away. We can’t wait to see how they this number in the upcoming “Dear Evan Hansen” movie adaptation!

Seth Owen, an 18-year-old gay teen from Jacksonville, Florida and the co-valedictorian of his high school class, was thrown out of his home earlier this year by his parents after refusing to abide by their religion. A former teacher launched a GoFundMe campaign for Owen’s tuition which has already r

Lady Brid is the winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Movie/Comedy or Musical 2018. Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson is a senior student at a Catholic high school in the suburbs of Sacramento, in 2002. She lives with her parents, with whom she has a strained relationship, her older brother, who ...

Zelda had come out as bisexual. Our son had come out. So we became a fully queer household, and both our kids were talking about what it meant to be queer in high school. They were educating us. So there was a lot of laughter around our dinner table conversations. I think that the show organically s...

Thi is a special tribute created for Jamie Hubley, a gay 15-year-old from Ottawa, Canada who recently committed suicide as a result of bullying. The 10th grade student documented his life, including his depression and the hardships of being a gay teen in a blog. He also made comments on his diffic...

The man dubbed “the world’s hottest math teacher” is opening up about his career beyond the underwear modeling world. “I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering and then my PhD was, more specifically, Computational Fluid Dynamics,” said Pietro Boselli during his recent back-to-school shoot with Can

At the culmination of his five-minute lecture on "the power of diversity" of race and gender Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria said: "Reach for your phones. I'm serious: Reach for your phones. ... Grab your phones. I want you to videotape this — so that you have it, so that you can use it, so that we all have t

"Sure I've been in a few plays and musicals, but more importantly, I've been acting every single day of my life. You see, I've been acting as someone I'm not. Most of you see me every day. You see me acting the part of 'straight' Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT. Unlike millions of other LGBT teens who...