Coming out - xoJane

I've Been Out For Almost A Decade But Am Finally Accepting It's Time To Do Something About It

Felicia Rose — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:30:00 -0500

Technically, I'm "out." Except up until now, I've done dick about it. Bad choice of words?

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Best Friend Of 15 Years Came Out And It Shattered My World

IHTM CONTESTANT — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:00 -0500

I was also scared of what this meant for my worldview. The one structured around a religious dogma that assured me homosexuality was always wrong and gay people needed to be “cured.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: My Partner Came Out As Trans While I Was Pregnant

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0500

In one year, I got pregnant with my boyfriend and I gave birth with my girlfriend.

What It's Like to Come Out of the Hooker Closet

Jessie Nicole — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:00:00 -0500

The most powerful reaction I've heard when coming out has been, "OMG, me, too!" I've found this connection with friends I've known for years and strangers within minutes of meeting each other.

My Parents Are Super Duper Hippies But I Still Haven’t Come Out To Them

Hattie Davis — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:30:00 -0400

Bearing in mind all of that left wing, liberal sentiment that was a staple in my childhood - you’d think I’d have come out to them by now, yes? Nope.

On Anderson Cooper and the Politics of "Coming Out"

Melissa — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:00:20 -0400

Whereas I realize better than most the costs of turning your life and your very identity into a political statement, I also know that it is sometimes our secrets that make us sick, more so than whatever it is that we’re hiding.

Why I Shouldn’t Care About Raven-Symone’s Sexuality (But I Really, Really Do)

Kate Conway — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:30:25 -0400

I’m really looking forward to the day when I can imagine inducting a celeb into the LGBT Club without having a giant freakout about it.

I Came Out to My Mom in an Email Post Script & It Was So Great I'd Like to Do It Everyday

Craig Hunter — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:16 -0500

I never planned on coming out to anyone because I didn’t think it was important enough for me to do. But I think that’s also because I never thought I’d be in a relationship important enough to share with my family.

Genderqueer: Where Every Day Is Coming Out Day!

s.e. smith — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:00:10 -0500

Sometimes I think about buying www.sesmithisnotalady.com, seriously.