It's National Coming Out Day. Read @iSmashFizzle - http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyford/my-boyfriend-came-out-to-me-after-we-dated-for-six-years … - & @SkarSkarSkar & sis - http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/why-im-still-coming-out-to-my-twin-sister-after-five-years … - on coming out.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
I've told my coming out story many times, but the bottom line is that I was very lucky, from my friends to my family to my first boyfriend.
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And, I've had the privilege since to live an out -- honest and open -- life.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
While I've doubtless faced some difficulties b/c I'm out & gay, I'd not ever change a thing. I'm me. Honesty has been the greatest blessing.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
My heart goes out to those who feel they can't come out, whether for safety or for their own reasons, & I hope they find comfort in time.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
For me, National Coming Out Day will be forever connected with the morning I helped unfurl the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the Mall in 1996.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
It was the first National Coming Out Day in which I was actually out, and my boyfriend & I joined a bunch of AU students for the unfurling.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
To see the endless markers of lives lost to AIDS take over the Mall, as the sun rose & my boyfriend stood at my side, you can't forget that.
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That former boyfriend remains one of my closest friends these 18 years later, and I am living a life unlike any I could have imagined.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
Coming out -- being honest about that & more -- has made all the difference. Here's to National Coming Out Day -- & the life that follows.
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