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"The 9 Sweetest LGBT Proposals on YouTube \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClement and Naresh\nNaresh hadn't seen his boyfriend, Clement, for five days before her proposed to him, but he knew Clement was the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. In the style of Love Actually, Naresh expresses his love for Clement nonverbally, using a flipbook of handwritten cards. He might not have had a ring, but he didn't need it for Clement to say \"yes.\"\n\nVideo: YouTube, Jamie Tan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichelle Rogers and Danielle Powell\nThe couple was backstage at a Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert in Omaha, Neb. when the rapper called them on stage. Powell got down on one knee, and the crowd cheered so loudly that the couple could hardly hear each other. They've since gotten married, and Rogers launched a Change.org petition to stop Grace University from charging Powell for scholarship money after expelling her for being gay.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Danielle Renae\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGay Military Proposal\nWhile on military duty, this man video chatted with his boyfriend, and revealed through a pre-made video that he was willing to quit smoking in order to be with him longer.\n\nVideo: YouTube, CrushLasVegas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn and Jackie\nJackie and a number of family and friends dressed up as the Warblers from Glee and performed the show's version of \"Teenage Dream\" for Ann. When Ann was guided to the park in a blindfold, she thought that she was headed to a birthday party, but after a rendition of \"Rainbow Connection,\" Jackie revealed the true surprise.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Boffo Video\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoe Benarroch and Jason Fournier\nBenarroch brought Fournier, family members and friends together for a meal, where he used RedEye columnist Kyra Kyles's Going Public column to propose.\n\nVideo: YouTube, steevay\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina and Alicia\nPlenty of people propose during sporting events. This time, Alicia was led to the ice blindfolded before the start of a hockey game where she was greeted with a loving message before her girlfriend Christina came out to meet her. There's no microphone, but the mascot on hand keeps the crowd in the loop.\n\nVideo: YouTube, H8SUXFreeTs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClose Friends Watch\nWhen this man decides to propose, he does so in front of a group of good friends after dating his boyfriend for two years. Though the boyfriend doesn't immediately say \"yes,\" he does agree to the proposal, after which he takes to the Internet to book a celebratory trip to San Francisco.\n\nVideo: YouTube, luv2forage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Sauter and Domenick Viviano\nSauter and Viviano, both huge Garbage fans, were brought onstage in the middle of a Garbage concert in Detroit. Singer Shirley Manson explained that Sauter had contacted the band on Facebook and gave him the stage, where he got on one knee. The crowd erupted in cheers.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Kelly Viviano\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarl and Drew\nCarl coordinated a flash mob to dance to Christina Perri's \"A Thousand Years\" at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park as Drew watched with Carl's mother. Once the performers finished, Carl grabbed Drew and proposed as everyone watched.\n\nVideo: YouTube, GoSeeDoArts\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYouTube is celebrating the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on its YouTube Spotlight channel\u00A0as Pride Month comes to an end.\nThe special programming began just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court deemed the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and dismissed the appeal on Proposition 8.\n\"At YouTube, we're proud to stand with the LGBT community to support equal rights and marriage equality \u2014 we believe that everyone has the right to love and be loved,\" Raymond Braun wrote on the official YouTube blog. \"Pride Month may be coming to a close, but we hope that YouTube is a place where you can feel proud and build a community all year long.\"\nYouTube is encouraging content creators to make videos responding to the question \"Who, what, or why are you #ProudToLove?\" Their own video featured a number of viral coming-out videos and proposals along with appearances from prominent LGBT YouTubers.\n\nWhile the YouTube #ProudToLove campaign had been in the works for some time, many have been answering that question online for years. In honor of the campaign, we've selected nine over-the-top proposal videos that showcase how proud many are to love their partners.\nPhoto via iStockphoto. lisafx"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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