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MrsQ
Just me
Member since 6/06 11378 total posts
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Qiana
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Yup, I'm Gay!
Real World (and all those damn challenges) alum Coral, one of the shows' most popular characters has come out as a lesbian.
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Tany
Becoming a different woman
Member since 5/05 24460 total posts
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Tania
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
no way.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:14 PM |
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Lisa
I'm a PANK!!!
Member since 5/05 22334 total posts
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Professional Aunts No Kids
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
she looks like $hit there!!
and Im not surprised by her "announcement"
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:15 PM |
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Jessica
I'm a mommy :)
Member since 1/06 7322 total posts
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~Jess~
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
wasnt she with Abe for a while
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:16 PM |
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eroxgirl
My Loves
Member since 5/05 15697 total posts
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Rebecca
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Really???
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:19 PM |
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Ophelia
she's baaccckkkk ;)
Member since 5/06 23378 total posts
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remember, when Gulliver traveled....
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
I wish I had her boobs.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:20 PM |
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MrsQ
Just me
Member since 6/06 11378 total posts
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Qiana
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Posted by Ophelia
I wish I had her boobs.
have you looked at your boobs? you are pretty damn close there chica
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:20 PM |
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IrishTracy
Believe!!
Member since 5/05 15167 total posts
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Tracy
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
No way!
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:23 PM |
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PotofLuck06
Our Baby Boy Is Here!!!
Member since 11/06 13241 total posts
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Betsy
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
WOW!
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:26 PM |
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KGools
Happy
Member since 9/06 9532 total posts
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Kim
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:27 PM |
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twobabies
Praying
Member since 7/05 9662 total posts
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Mrs. Honeybee
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
not suprised in the least.
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:31 PM |
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JennZ
MY LIFE!!
Member since 8/05 25463 total posts
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
I ALWAYS thought she was, and everyone (friends) thought I was crazy, glad to see my gaydar is still working 
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| Posted 6/18/07 4:56 PM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Coral!!! Well, it'll take a tough-a*s girl to date her!
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| Posted 6/18/07 5:25 PM |
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kathleeng
Member since 5/05 3775 total posts
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Kathleen
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Posted by Jessica
wasnt she with Abe for a while
She was!!!
I could have sworn a friend of a friend who worked at MTV told me this a few years ago.
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| Posted 6/18/07 5:38 PM |
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alnem
This is gonna be a good year!
Member since 2/06 9562 total posts
Name:
Emily
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
she should sooooo date Aneesa!!!
...and holy boobage batman!
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| Posted 6/18/07 6:33 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
Member since 5/05 46292 total posts
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
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| Posted 6/18/07 8:54 PM |
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JeffsWife
LIF Infant
Member since 9/06 294 total posts
Name:
Eliana
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
so not shocked!
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| Posted 6/18/07 9:19 PM |
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Tumbalina
Better than the news!
Member since 2/06 2840 total posts
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Angela
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
I gotta get her number  
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| Posted 6/18/07 9:47 PM |
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Nicole728
My Happy Girl
Member since 7/06 8198 total posts
Name:
Me
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
I knew it!
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| Posted 6/18/07 10:02 PM |
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My2Boys
Love.
Member since 10/05 4796 total posts
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Shocker!
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| Posted 6/18/07 10:49 PM |
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MelToddJulia
Love my Family!
Member since 7/05 29064 total posts
Name:
Mel
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Posted by twobabies
not suprised in the least.
Me too!
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| Posted 6/19/07 12:02 AM |
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4ForMe
:)
Member since 11/05 5666 total posts
Name:
Barbara
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
I'm not suprised either. I actually thought she made that announcement already.
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| Posted 6/19/07 6:36 AM |
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SoinLove
Making big changes
Member since 5/05 16541 total posts
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Kristin
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
She dated guys on the show though...didn't she? 
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| Posted 6/19/07 6:57 AM |
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MrsQ
Just me
Member since 6/06 11378 total posts
Name:
Qiana
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Interview from Outlook Magazine:
'Real World' Regular Coral Happy Exploring Her 'Lesbian Qualities'
Since Return to New York, the 2001 season of the hit Real World franchise, Coral Smith has become an MTV reality show superstar. In addition a handful of reunions shows, she even competed in a “Clash of the Reality TV Stars” challenge. Now the curvaceous San Francisco native faces her biggest obstacle: coming out!
Dating men for the majority of her TV career, Coral says she is now exploring her “lesbian qualities.” During a recent “Gay Day” appearance at Paramount’s Great America, a northern California theme park, the beautiful celebutante discussed why she’s considering a return to reality TV, her coming out process, and says she’s never been a “politics person.”
Why do you think you were picked for The Real World?
To this day, I really don’t know. It could possibly be my breasts. They’re very large. I did talk a lot of ****. I was very outgoing. Maybe they thought it would be easier to shoot me than some introvert.
You weren’t exactly the “nice person” that season.
I was the ***** of my season. Not the ‘Oh my God, I hate that ***** and want to kill her!’ It was more like ‘She’ll tell me what she thinks. She’s outspoken and not going to let anybody get away with anything.’ For me, that’s not bad. Yes, I was the ***** of my season, but every season has one. I’d rather be the ***** than the slut.
There’s definitely one of those every season.
There is! There’s the slut and the *****. I’ll take the *****, thank you.
They keep calling you back!
For every challenge, they call me back. For the last two, I’ve declined. I was working on other projects. Right now I’m contemplating going on the next one. Honestly, they’re very stressful. I just don’t feel like going to Mexico to cuss a bunch of people out. It’s not worth my time. Plus, I’m old. They’ve got 19-year old girls on there. And I have a record of never being voted off. I’m trying to keep that record. (Laughing.)
What is your sexual orientation? You dated men on Real World.
Oh, yeah. It’s very cloudy at this point in time. I’m definitely venturing toward my lesbian qualities. It’s been a long time coming. At that time, I was really unsure. That was not the proper venue, the proper platform. To come out to your parents on a ******* reality show, I think that’s just mean, so I didn’t.
Your girlfriend is very beautiful.
She’s not my girlfriend. I’m attracted to beautiful women. Beautiful women tend to be attracted to me. It really seems to work out for me.
You’re coming out more, doing LGBT events?
I’ve always been really supportive of the community. I just felt it was something I belonged to and had to show up for. I love doing this kind of thing. It’s really positive and shows we’re capable and can run ****. Gay men run **** in L.A., honey. If you want to go out with somebody in L.A., they have businesses and money and depth. Gay men are coming up and are very under-estimated.
Do you feel a sense of responsibility now that you’re coming out?
I guess I get a little nervous. Just saying it is a little . . . It’s a little surreal. I’m not scared. I walk around holding hands. It’s not a problem for me, but I do fear backlash to some degree. Everyone has something negative to say, and I don’t really want to deal with it. Other than that, I don’t care. Hell, I’m old. I’m 28!
That is not old.
I know, but I can’t live my life like that anymore. I felt I was shorting myself. At the time I came out, I was dating someone really special. I wanted to introduce them. That was my thing: If I’m dating someone really, really, really special, that was the time to come out. I wanted to introduce them to the woman I love. It was all about timing for me.
On one hand, it’s great to come when you’ll have that personal support. On the other, it’s frustrating that we, as a community, feel we need that “excuse” – that relationship . . .
We have to have an excuse, that relationship to “validate” us. It becomes, “It’s because I love her, as a person. It doesn’t anything to do with me being gay . . .” It is a shame! I think that it’s mostly because there are so many old people. When they die off, we’ll be fine. In 20 years, 25 years, it will be no big deal. In other countries, Brazil, Australia, they don’t care about that type of stuff. I think we’re just kind of behind a little bit.
Is there a division in the lesbian community…
Oh, you mean between the butch/femme, the andro…
Between the politicized and less political lesbian?
Yes, but I just live my life regular and have regular relationships. I’ve never been a “politics” person. I don’t fit in. I’m not really a Democrat, and I’m definitely not a Republican. I just try to stay out of that, working in [San Francisco], we have a GLBT Center there, and in counseling. I work at a rape crisis center. Stuff like that is more ‘home’ to me. Politically, what I say there doesn’t matter. Stuff happens above me.
Is it a difficult transition from television celebrity to working at a rape crisis center?
I did that right when I got off. No, it wasn’t difficult for me. I consider myself a regular person. I’m not that famous. I can still walk around. People just want pictures. I love it! I think it’s hot. I was a big dork in high school, so now it’s payback. My 10 year reunion is coming, and I’m going – and bringing a date! I’m actually really happy right now. I’m really happy!
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| Posted 6/19/07 10:26 AM |
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hailiesmom
LIF Adolescent
Member since 5/07 527 total posts
Name:
Crissie
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Re: Yup, I'm Gay!
Wow, I am surprised!
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| Posted 6/19/07 12:36 PM |
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