![]() National Coming Out Day is meant to celebrate the milestone of every LGBTQ individual who accepts their own sexuality and is willing to live an authentic self openly. ![]() 11, 1988, inspired by the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, which took place with 500,000 strong on Oct. This week, the country will celebrate National Coming Out Day, a marker that began on Oct. Some are still not able to take the leap. It’s a far cry from my middle-aged generation, when the stakes seemed insurmountable and there were hardly any resources available to guide us through. I am astounded, in the best way possible, by the number of high schoolers coming out - and on social media no less. No one should be pushed out of the closet before they are truly ready. Even in 2021, stories still abound of parents disowning children who had the courage to let their true selves be known.Ĭoming out is an intensely personal process. While my mother’s initial instinct was to clip articles on the Catholic Church’s stance for me to read, she and my father eventually came around. I am not proud of the fact that I came out to them while they were already in bed, thinking that they would be too tired to confront me. ![]() I told my parents I was gay during the summer between junior and senior year in college.
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