Our lawyers told us we had to do this, so please read before submitting! The short version is that you promise this is your original content and you are ok with us sharing it on other platforms like social media. In return, we promise to only use your information for internal purposes.
You grant to Coming Out a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, publicly display or perform, publish, modify (including creating derivative works), reproduce, sublicense, and distribute, including without limitation on the Coming Out platform, all or any part of your story.
Your story may be used by Coming Out and its licensees worldwide in all print and electronic media, now or hereafter existing, in any language, without time limitation. Your story may be edited for length, clarity and our own editorial guidelines.
You represent and warrant that you are the sole owner of all the rights to the story and have the authority to grant the rights herein without restriction, that the story is your original work, and that the story does not infringe or violate any copyright, right of privacy or publicity, or any other right of any third party, or contain any matter that is libellous or otherwise in contravention of the law.
Children under age 18 must have a parent or legal guardian's written permission to submit their material and such permission must accompany the material or it will not be considered.
We will not publish your contact information, and you are welcome to submit your story anonymously, or with limited personal information (for example, just a first name). Your email address will be used to verify any requests to have your story removed in the future.
I acknowledge that I have read the terms of this license prior to its execution, am fully familiar with and understand its contents, and agree to its terms knowingly and voluntarily. This license shall be binding upon me, my heirs, representatives, successors, and assigns. This license shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
