Yup, October 11 is National Coming Out Day, as sponsored by the HRC (http://www.hrc.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Coming_Out/Get_Informed4/National_Coming_Out_Day/Index.htm). At our school, the gay-straight alliance has a booth in the SUB where we encourage EVERYONE to come out, as whatever they want. The point being that everyone lives with some secret, and that it's so much easier to embrace your identity be open about yourself to everyone, rather than bottling it all up. We have a big, lavender closet door you can come out of and everything, and then we clap when people announce their true selves to the lunch crowd. It's glorious.
Though I do appreciate that real Coming Out is a huge deal for lots of people. Someone said above how it'll be a great day when no one has to come out, but I think it's the opposite. We've had the discussion in the group about when the allies "came out" as straight. Which, since many of us identify more with queer culture anyway, has actually been necessary (I swear, my mom STILL thinks I'm a lesbian). But the day that EVERYONE will have to come out, that no one will just assume orientation, I say THAT will be a great day.
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Date: 2004-10-11 02:43 pm (UTC)Though I do appreciate that real Coming Out is a huge deal for lots of people. Someone said above how it'll be a great day when no one has to come out, but I think it's the opposite. We've had the discussion in the group about when the allies "came out" as straight. Which, since many of us identify more with queer culture anyway, has actually been necessary (I swear, my mom STILL thinks I'm a lesbian). But the day that EVERYONE will have to come out, that no one will just assume orientation, I say THAT will be a great day.
Just my rambling $.02.