Tonight is the annual year-end picnic for my grad program. Out of about 30 students, I'm out to 6 of them, and I want to be out more publicly (especially since I'm getting somewhat serious with a guy I'm seeing and I don't want to have to keep him a secret). I'm very strongly considering wearing a rainbow bracelet that I got from my university's LGBT center tonight as a way to subtly but publicly come out. I'm just concerned that because there will be faculty there it might get awkward in terms of professional boundaries, but that's really the only reservation I have. I doubt I'll have any problems with acceptance given the field I work in. But I wanted to put this out here and see what y'all thought.
I think that you should do what makes you happy. If you feel like wearing it, please do not let others stop you. Just be who you are and be proud of who you are.
I think you should do it. Let people think what they want. I started wearing a rainbow bracelet about a month ago. The reactions have be mostly positive.
Do it, and be proud. It's good to express who you are and that you have nothing to hide... Hope it goes well. Happy days
I wear a rainbow bracelet every day but u don't think anyone knows what it means. I think they just think I like rainbows lol. Try it and see what happens, but you should also ask the guy you're seeing first
So I wore it. Nobody said anything, but I feel like it was hard not to notice it. I'll keep wearing it on days when I don't have to dress ultra-professionally and see what happens.
