Coming out is traumatic. The struggle is ongoing, it is not a one-time event, but an experience that recurs every time you tell someone about your sexual orientation.
For many of us our sexuality is an integral part of us and some point, many desire to openly acknowledge the confidence-defining trait in order to have a more healthy, fulfulling and authentic self-identity.
Coming out to your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors may be traumatic. There are a lot of things that might happen when you’re coming out. And it’s not the first time you’re coming out; it’s over and over and over again, when you meet someone new. Coming out never ends. You might want to come out, you might need to come out, or you might not want to come out, but feel like you have to—or should—in order to be open and honest with yourself and the world around you.
Coming out is not an easy decision to make.
“The only reason for the need to “come out” is because we live in a homophobic, queerphobic, heteronormative society.” Moushumi Ghose reminds us.
And, we’re here to hold space for whatever choice you make.
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Caitlin Oates
Author
Doubling as LAST’s practice manager and intake coordinator, Caitlin is a writer and creative with a passion for sex-positivity, LGBTQIA advocacy, and mental health care.
Caitlin earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Northwestern University, and now flexes those communication muscles by teaching medical students humanism skills, coaching athletes in functional fitness, and learning from and working with LAST to promote, amplify, and normalize the importance of sexual and mental health.