This college track & field star thanks a $700 vacuum cleaner for helping him to come out

Clothes, begone! Check out the hottest moments from Broadway Bares: Fire Island | Melania Trump just tried to quietly brush her ‘cyberbullying campaign’ under the rug | Here’s a first look at Matt Bomer playing a transgender sex worker in ‘Anything’ You are receiving this email because you signed up at [Queerty](. [View in browser]( · [Update Email Settings]( #inspiration [This college track & field star thanks a $700 vacuum cleaner for helping him to come out]( Ben Lindaman is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa where he was a 4-year member of the Men’s track & field team as a decathlete. Growing up, he always knew he was gay, but he wasn't totally comfortable with it. "I observed my fellow peers and classmates who were 'different' and the way they were treated," he recalls... [more]( [Clothes, begone! Check out the hottest moments from Broadway Bares: Fire Island]( MORE ON QUEERTY [PHOTOS: Cute guys get their rub-a-dub-dub on in the tub for International Bath Day]( [20-year-old's Pride anthem goes viral because, well, it's amazing!]( [Queerty (turn on images)]( Wednesday Jun 14, 2017 share this [share on Twitter]( [Like This college track & field star thanks a $700 vacuum cleaner for helping him to come out on Facebook]( [Thumbnail]( Eye roll [Melania Trump just tried to quietly brush her ‘cyberbullying campaign’ under the rug]( [Thumbnail]( Casting controversy [Here’s a first look at Matt Bomer playing a transgender sex worker in ‘Anything’]( [Thumbnail]( coming out [‘Orphan Black’ actor Jordan Gavaris comes out]( [Thumbnail]( Temptations [The Las Vegas Dayclub pool party scene is hotter than ever]( [Thumbnail]( Lace in yo face [New Cazwell video teaches you how to get in touch with your femme side]( [QUEERTY HOME]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [TERMS OF USE]( | [PRIVACY STATEMENT]( | [ADVERTISE]( | [Like on Facebook]( | © 2017 QUEERTY, INC. Queerty, Inc. 584 Castro St. #623, San Francisco, CA 94114 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL} from all Queerty Mailings]( -1&&m>28){j=28+s;s='';if(j/g,'>');l[i].href='mailto:'+t.value}}catch(e){}}}catch(e){}})(document);/* ]]>