24 Awesomely Creative Ways To Come Out Of The Closet
Even though coming out can be awkward and scary, people keep coming up with different ways to do it. Brave queers, we salute you.
5. Send out an announcement card:
Question: Has anyone actually tried this? Thoughts?
6. Leave a note.
7. Make it a phone call:
A U.S. soldier captures himself calling his father and telling him he is gay.
“I’m going to make another one that says “The last cake was a lie” this weekend. Wish me luck!”
Celebs can get creative as well:
19. Frank Ocean on Tumblr:
R&B singer Frank Ocean came out of the closet on his Tumblr blog, revealing a love affair that he had with a man four years ago.
20. Governor Jim McGreevey of New Jersey paired his resignation speech with his coming out:
21. Lana Wachowski paired coming out with receiving an award:
Lana Wachowski, one half of the sibling duo that directed The Matrix and Cloud Atlas, gave this touching speech about her coming out process as she received the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award.
22. Ellen DeGeneres came out on her own sitcom:
Ellen came out on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1997. Subsequently her character on the sitcom came out of the closet to her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey.
23. Janet Mock in “Marie Claire”:
The writer Janet Mock came out as transgender in an issue of Marie Claire.
We love you all for sharing your coming out stories with us! But we also love the queers who are not out and who are surviving and existing as your beautiful selves.
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homerz 2 months agoJust brought back memories of my own coming out. I tested the waters first with my best friend from high school - we were already both 23 then and the feeling of light-headedness that I experienced after that first coming out and hearing the first words of acceptance, remains engrained in my memory.
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CJ 2 months agoI’m so disappointed in the father’s reaction in #7. Yeah, it’s good he still loves his son. But where is the reassurance and concern for the son’s well-being? When he brings up his fear (repeatedly), he is really asking for reassurance and his dad is not providing it :( I can’t help thinking that it’s just silly that “coming out” has to be this huge earth shattering event or that it even has to happen at all - nobody has to “come out” with their heterosexuality. I can only hope my children will feel comfortable telling me anything and being whoever they are.
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