National Coming Out Day - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender people coming out

beckyg · 26th Aug 2007, 09:58 AM

October 11th is National Coming Out Day in the U.S. For those of you not in the U.S., it could still be a good day to get support from people here and make a committment to come out to at least one person on October 11th. How about it?

The theme for National Coming Out Day 2007 will be Talk About It, continuing the slogan and branding that the national program has been building since 2005.

National Coming Out Day is a time to celebrate openness and honesty – whether you came out 20 minutes ago, or 20 years ago – this is a time for all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight supportive people to Talk About It with friends, family and coworkers.

Coming Out Day Kits include:

Resource Guides to Coming Out
Straight Guides to GLBT Americans
Transgender Coming Out Guides
Poster, Balloons and HRC Stickers
And everything else you'll need to celebrate living openly!

To order your kit, please visit:
www.hrc.org/comingoutkits

This year will also mark an important hallmark as National Coming Out Day, falls on the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Gay and Lesbian March on Washington, and the unfurling of the AIDS Quilt on the National Mall. The very first National Coming Out Day was celebrated a year to the day later as a way of continuing the spirit of openness, honesty and visibility that the March and the AIDS Quilt presentation inspired.

Keep watch in Mid-September for an announcement from HRC inviting everyone to participate in a unique and exciting National Coming Out Day Celebration!

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26th Aug 2007, 10:04 AM

sounds lovely becky

xequar · 26th Aug 2007, 10:27 AM

I'm already out, but I'll be happy to support anyone who wants to come out!

Paul_UK · 26th Aug 2007, 12:07 PM

Yes, let's see if we can make it an EC coming out day too. We had several people come out on the same day a couple of months ago. It would be great to do that again, and National Coming Out Day would be the ideal day to do it.

Sam · 26th Aug 2007, 01:34 PM

I think I'm going to stop chickening out and change my myspace.

I am basically out to everybody except my dad's side of the family and I have to tell everybody who is struggling on when and if you should come out I say go for it because a lot of the worrying you will find out was unneccessary. I really am a much better person since I came out to most of my family and friends. don't be afraid, make national coming out day a goal for you, make it the day you will tell somebody who you have been afraid to tell such as your parent(s) or a friend.

26th Aug 2007, 01:44 PM

I came out on myspace too!

27th Aug 2007, 12:55 PM

ive told almost all my closest friends so far, maybe on that day i will have a mass coming out and start a facebook group called "GUESS WHO IS GAY" (doubtful, but its a thought)

SpikySpice · 27th Aug 2007, 07:38 PM

ooo, yes, let's all come out of our closets and say hello to the new world!

about myspace, some of my friends deleted me from their lists when i came out

it was heart breaking

but yeah, let's come out together yall

beckyg · 27th Aug 2007, 08:18 PM

They weren't really your friends Spiky. Your true friends love you the way you are.

Paul_UK · 28th Aug 2007, 12:22 PM

If people don't like the real you, then it's them that have problems, not you. True friends will stick with you no matter what.

On MySpace, some of them may have just removed you because they don't want their friends to see that they have a gay friend. Still shallow though.

SpikySpice · 28th Aug 2007, 12:47 PM

yes, i mean it really bothered me at first, but now i'm getting used to it, since i haqve learned something here is to be proud of yourself, at 1st I thought it was cuz of me

GuitarGirl1350 · 28th Aug 2007, 03:16 PM

I used this day last year ^^

Sam · 28th Aug 2007, 06:06 PM

I know that if someone erases me from their friend list on myspace because of my orientation then they weren't friends in the first place but it still makes me not want to do it plus I wish we could create our own personal labels on myspace because I don't clearly fit into anything I don't fit into a nice little label.

Time · 28th Aug 2007, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biloved86

I wish we could create our own personal labels on myspace because I don't clearly fit into anything I don't fit into a nice little label.

I feel the same way! I would rather put something cleverly hinting to gay, but not the actual word! :-P

Grof142007 · 28th Aug 2007, 06:19 PM

-.- i love how i made a thread about this 2 days ago and no looked at it but when she does it everyone go banada *sigh* guess i put it in the wrong spot oh well

xxAngelOnFirexx · 28th Aug 2007, 06:59 PM

I'm out to everybody excpet most at my school. i don't care if they know but i might tell some of the other girls in my friend circle just to 'come out' and celebrate the holiday. =)

wtinal · 28th Aug 2007, 07:32 PM

I think I am out to everyone except some people at work - which I try to be careful only because I would like to stay employed. Perhaps I shall try to talk openly about it with some friends who have kind of been avoiding the subject with me.

Vampyrecat · 28th Aug 2007, 11:54 PM

*gulps*
I have a letter ready....I'm just not sure I want to give it to my parents....
I'm one of 6 kids...second youngest, one of four girls...everyone else is straight...I feel like such a freak in my family..
I dunno...maybe...maybe not..

Today4U · 29th Aug 2007, 12:53 AM

Trust me, we're all "freaks" together in one big happy family!

Sam · 3rd Sep 2007, 08:05 PM

you can do it vampyrecat! I came out to my parents by letter.

So I am going to change my orientation on myspace from no answer on October 11th!

26th Aug 2007, 09:58 AM	#1
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 51 Posts: 7,581 Join Date: Mar 2007	National Coming Out Day October 11th is National Coming Out Day in the U.S. For those of you not in the U.S., it could still be a good day to get support from people here and make a committment to come out to at least one person on October 11th. How about it? The theme for National Coming Out Day 2007 will be Talk About It, continuing the slogan and branding that the national program has been building since 2005. National Coming Out Day is a time to celebrate openness and honesty – whether you came out 20 minutes ago, or 20 years ago – this is a time for all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Straight supportive people to Talk About It with friends, family and coworkers. Coming Out Day Kits include: Resource Guides to Coming Out Straight Guides to GLBT Americans Transgender Coming Out Guides Poster, Balloons and HRC Stickers And everything else you'll need to celebrate living openly! To order your kit, please visit: www.hrc.org/comingoutkits This year will also mark an important hallmark as National Coming Out Day, falls on the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Gay and Lesbian March on Washington, and the unfurling of the AIDS Quilt on the National Mall. The very first National Coming Out Day was celebrated a year to the day later as a way of continuing the spirit of openness, honesty and visibility that the March and the AIDS Quilt presentation inspired. Keep watch in Mid-September for an announcement from HRC inviting everyone to participate in a unique and exciting National Coming Out Day Celebration! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

26th Aug 2007, 10:04 AM	#2
ppreston9 Guest Posts: n/a Tournaments Won: 15	Re: National Coming Out Day sounds lovely becky

26th Aug 2007, 10:27 AM	#3
xequar Diapered and collared! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I have "The Gay." :) Out Status: Loud and proud! Location: Detroit area, Michigan Age: 31 Posts: 1,746 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day I'm already out, but I'll be happy to support anyone who wants to come out! __________________

26th Aug 2007, 12:07 PM	#4
Paul_UK Former Empty Closets Admin Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Bournemouth, UK Age: 48 Posts: 13,163 Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: National Coming Out Day Yes, let's see if we can make it an EC coming out day too. We had several people come out on the same day a couple of months ago. It would be great to do that again, and National Coming Out Day would be the ideal day to do it. __________________ Paul

26th Aug 2007, 01:34 PM	#5
Sam "define normal" Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to most, ask and I'll tell Location: Oklahoma Age: 26 Posts: 1,206 Join Date: Aug 2006	Re: National Coming Out Day I think I'm going to stop chickening out and change my myspace. I am basically out to everybody except my dad's side of the family and I have to tell everybody who is struggling on when and if you should come out I say go for it because a lot of the worrying you will find out was unneccessary. I really am a much better person since I came out to most of my family and friends. don't be afraid, make national coming out day a goal for you, make it the day you will tell somebody who you have been afraid to tell such as your parent(s) or a friend. __________________ Love knows no gender, it has no boundaries, it is blind yet everyday I wake up to a world of hate and little acceptance, it's sad that I'm hated not for who I am but for who I love~ me (Sam)

26th Aug 2007, 01:44 PM	#6
Perrygay Guest Posts: n/a Tournaments Won: 15	Re: National Coming Out Day I came out on myspace too!

27th Aug 2007, 12:55 PM	#7
Blueeyes Guest Posts: n/a Tournaments Won: 15	Re: National Coming Out Day ive told almost all my closest friends so far, maybe on that day i will have a mass coming out and start a facebook group called "GUESS WHO IS GAY" (doubtful, but its a thought)

27th Aug 2007, 07:38 PM	#8
SpikySpice Away Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay & Proud Of It Out Status: Dad, Sis, Friends, Location: Jax, FL Age: 22 Posts: 3,862 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day ooo, yes, let's all come out of our closets and say hello to the new world! about myspace, some of my friends deleted me from their lists when i came out it was heart breaking but yeah, let's come out together yall __________________ Love Dont Mean Changing Who You Are To Be Who Somebody Wants You To Be Cuz Nobody's Got To Belong To Nobody

27th Aug 2007, 08:18 PM	#9
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 51 Posts: 7,581 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day They weren't really your friends Spiky. Your true friends love you the way you are. __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

28th Aug 2007, 12:22 PM	#10
Paul_UK Former Empty Closets Admin Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Bournemouth, UK Age: 48 Posts: 13,163 Join Date: Nov 2004	Re: National Coming Out Day If people don't like the real you, then it's them that have problems, not you. True friends will stick with you no matter what. On MySpace, some of them may have just removed you because they don't want their friends to see that they have a gay friend. Still shallow though. __________________ Paul

28th Aug 2007, 12:47 PM	#11
SpikySpice Away Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay & Proud Of It Out Status: Dad, Sis, Friends, Location: Jax, FL Age: 22 Posts: 3,862 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day yes, i mean it really bothered me at first, but now i'm getting used to it, since i haqve learned something here is to be proud of yourself, at 1st I thought it was cuz of me __________________ Love Dont Mean Changing Who You Are To Be Who Somebody Wants You To Be Cuz Nobody's Got To Belong To Nobody

28th Aug 2007, 03:16 PM	#12
GuitarGirl1350 EC's Resident Grammar Nazi Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Boobyloverr! Out Status: I'm out like shoulder pads. Location: New Caprica Age: 22 Posts: 884 Join Date: Apr 2006	Re: National Coming Out Day I used this day last year ^^ __________________ " ...it is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it. ... That it should be so, the world does not understand. The world mocks at it, and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it." --Oscar Wilde, 1895.

28th Aug 2007, 06:06 PM	#13
Sam "define normal" Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to most, ask and I'll tell Location: Oklahoma Age: 26 Posts: 1,206 Join Date: Aug 2006	Re: National Coming Out Day I know that if someone erases me from their friend list on myspace because of my orientation then they weren't friends in the first place but it still makes me not want to do it plus I wish we could create our own personal labels on myspace because I don't clearly fit into anything I don't fit into a nice little label. __________________ Love knows no gender, it has no boundaries, it is blind yet everyday I wake up to a world of hate and little acceptance, it's sad that I'm hated not for who I am but for who I love~ me (Sam)

28th Aug 2007, 06:19 PM	#15
Grof142007 Dreamer of EC Merchandise Full Member Gender: Sexy Male Orientation: King of Homosexuals Out Status: Openly Gay Location: High Point,North Carolina Age: 23 Posts: 1,646 Join Date: Apr 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day -.- i love how i made a thread about this 2 days ago and no looked at it but when she does it everyone go banada sigh guess i put it in the wrong spot oh well __________________ The name is Kevin Dreamer of EC Merchandise EmptyClosets Shop

28th Aug 2007, 06:59 PM	#16
xxAngelOnFirexx EC Guardian Angel Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone Age: 21 Posts: 1,717 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: National Coming Out Day I'm out to everybody excpet most at my school. i don't care if they know but i might tell some of the other girls in my friend circle just to 'come out' and celebrate the holiday. =) __________________ *~xMorganx~* Feel free to talk to me about depression, mental disorders, self-harm and suicdal thoughts! I'm here to help!

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Sam "define normal" Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: out to most, ask and I'll tell Location: Oklahoma Age: 26 Posts: 1,206 Join Date: Aug 2006	Re: National Coming Out Day you can do it vampyrecat! I came out to my parents by letter. So I am going to change my orientation on myspace from no answer on October 11th! __________________ Love knows no gender, it has no boundaries, it is blind yet everyday I wake up to a world of hate and little acceptance, it's sad that I'm hated not for who I am but for who I love~ me (Sam)