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National Coming Out Day: Achieving progress through visibility
On our road to equality, perhaps we’ll meet a day when “coming out” becomes a thing of the past. There will be no perception of difference, no fear, no worry and no anxiety. No declarations, no announcements, no revelations need be made. Nothing is questioned or second-guessed…
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Coming Out: ‘I am happy with my life and to me, that’s all that matters’
I came out to my family as lesbian. My family are hardcore Baptists, Christians, and not only didn’t believe me — my mother, a Registered Nurse kept telling me, “It’s a phase, it’s a phase, you’ll grow out of it.” But they didn’t accept it, or me, for that matter.
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Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!
Coming Out in this country is something which has changed a great deal since I was a kid. For many young people today (though certainly not all), the process has become far less traumatic. The act of telling a friend or family member that you’re gay is now frequently met with a “so?” and a “cool, let’s go to a gay bar!”
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Today is ‘National Coming Out Day’
Today, October 11, is National Coming Out Day — the internationally observed day to celebrate coming out and to raise awareness of the LGBT community and LGBT civil rights movement.
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Professional boxer Orlando Cruz: ‘A proud Puerto Rican gay man’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Orlando Cruz, a featherweight boxer and former Olympian, stunned the world of professional boxing Wednesday after announcing that he “is a proud gay man.”
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The brave new world of selfish and stupid
Those of you who have never had to say: “I’m gay” will never know the angst or the courage that is involved in coming out. Those of you who do know have an obligation to make the path a little easier than it was for you for the next person who garners the courage to speak their truth…
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Newspaper exec, former Pittsburgh Pirates owner comes out as gay
Kevin McClatchy, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and now the board chairman at the McClatchy Company newspaper chain, has come out as gay.
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Can my ‘gay community’ please stop whining about Sally Ride?
We sometimes expect our famous gay and lesbian brothers and sisters to carry our banner to every corner of the world, shouting how we deserve and demand equal rights, when the reality is that they are simply trying to live a gay life in a straight world just as you and I are. I don’t believe we have the right to ask or demand that of anyone.
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Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies of cancer; comes ‘out’ in obituary
Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday at the age of 61, following a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Should I Come Out on Facebook?
Coming Out on Facebook depends on why and how you do it, but overall it can be a worthwhile means of coming out. It gives you a sense of control, an ability to present the information in a premeditated way, and a large audience to speak to. So I say, if done appropriately, why not?