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Watch: YouTube star Joey Graceffa comes out as gay in magical new music video

YouTube star Joey Graceffa has come out as gay to his nearly 5 million subscribers in a magical new music video.

Graceffa celebrated his 24th birthday with the release of Don't Wait, which features goblins, a witch and a prince charming – with whom Graceffa shares an epic happily-ever-after kiss.

'I really just hope that it will be able to help some of you guys out there going through similar struggles I went through and do some good in the world,' he said in a postscript to the video.

Graceffa has received a wave of support from fans and fellow YouTube sensations, including Tyler Oakley, Alfie Deyes and Connor Franta.

'After 8 years of this topic being the most discussed thing on my YouTube channel. To FINALLY be open felt incredible,' Graceffa tweeted.

Don't Wait is currently number 72 on the US iTunes chart.

Watch the video below:

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Wow...... So I'm getting my oil changed and a vibrant cheerful middle aged woman comes in the waiting area and starts talking to me. She's so sweet... She noticed my shirt that says "He's Mine." She starts telling me how much I remind her of her son. I noticed she had tears in her eyes. So I gave her a hug and asked if she wanted to talk about him with me. She wiped her tears and held my hand and told me how amazing her son was. How he was so full of life. She said he came out to her and his dad after college and the dad disowned him. And as a result divorced the man. She did everything in her power to be as close to him as she could. A couple years later he died in a car crash frown emoticon the last time she saw him he was wearing the same shirt as I have on. She kissed me on the cheek, told me she was paying for my oil change (even tho I begged her not to) and told me to always love myself and to call my mom and tell her I love her... Today is beginning to be something amazing.

Construction workers don rainbow laces to show support for gay colleagues

Following the success of its ‘rainbow laces’ campaign to raise awareness of homophobic attitudes in football, UK LGBT advocacy group Stonewall has widened the campaign to target the property and construction industry.

Last autumn, the organization sent a pair of rainbow-colored laces to every professional footballer in the UK and encouraged them to wear them at the beginning of the new football season to show support for making football a more LGBTI-friendly and inclusive environment.

The campaign received widespread press coverage. An corporation that was clearly paying attention was property and infrastructure group, Lend Lease.

It has now teamed up with Stonewall to send rainbow laces out to its construction workers in London.

A spokesperson for Stonewall told Gay Star Business that 1,000 pairs of laces have were sent out a week ago to workers at several sites in the Capital, including Elephant & Castle regeneration project, The Zig Zag Building, and The International Quarter in Stratford.

He said that ‘they’ve gone down extremely well’ and had received a, ‘fantastic response from both LGBT and straight workers.’

Chris Edwards, Client Group Manager at Stonewall said in a statement, ‘We know that LGBT people still face challenges working in the construction industry. That’s why initiatives like this – and the work of senior role models and allies at Lend Lease and across the sector – are absolutely vital.

‘We’re committed to working with organizations in the construction sector to help make the industry open and welcoming to all.’

Lend Lease Group is an international company that has delivered projects in Australia, the US, Europe and Asia. It has its headquarters in Sydney, Australia.

In the UK, Lend Lease built the Athlete’s Village in London for the 2012 Olympics and has been responsible for the construction of over 3,000 apartments. It has recently launched its own allies program.

Speaking of the rainbow laces initiative, Martin Coyd, Head of Health & Safety in Europe at Lend Lease, and Chair of the Lend Lease Europe Diversity Council, said, ‘At Lend Lease, we pride ourselves on creating the best places and valuing the ways in which we differ.

‘A diverse and inclusive culture makes good business sense. To perform at the best of our ability, we need a culture and an environment that embraces difference and where we can benefit from the diverse thinking, experiences and backgrounds of our people.’

One of the UK’s biggest unions, which includes a construction sub-division, welcomed the campaign but said that it needed to be reinforced with clear policies protecting LGBT workers.

Siobhan Endean, head of equalities at union Unite, told Gay Star Business, ‘This is a welcome initiative, but we need to ensure that campaigns like these are backed up with clear legal rights, policies and action to ensure workplaces are free from harassment.’

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