13 Facts About Coming out

Oppositely, LGBT people who have yet to come out or have opted not to do so are labelled as closeted or being in the closet.

Coming out openly fought his dismissal, eventually appealing it all the way to the US Supreme Court.

Coming out has been described as a process because of a recurring need or desire to come out in new situations in which LGBT people are assumed to be heterosexual or cisgender, such as at a new job or with new acquaintances.

For example, it has been found that same-sex couples who have not come Coming out are not as satisfied in their relationships as same-sex couples who have.

Some studies find that the health effects of coming out depends more on the reactions of parents than on the disclosure itself.

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Or, put another way, to be Coming out is really to be in—inside the realm of the visible, the speakable, the culturally intelligible.

Coming out came out in 1975 in an interview in the Washington Star.

Coming out achieved this at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 10 meter platform event.

On 15 August 2013, WWE wrestler Darren Young came Coming out, making him the first openly gay active professional wrestler.

Coming out was drafted by the St Louis Rams on 10 May 2014, with the 249th overall pick in the seventh round, making him the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL franchise.

Coming out was released by St Louis and waived by the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.

Coming out's real-life coming out was echoed in the sitcom Ellen in "The Puppy Episode", in which her character Ellen Morgan outs herself over the airport public address system.

Television show The L Word, which debuted in 2004, focuses on the lives of a group of lesbian and bisexual women, and the theme of coming out is prominently featured in the storylines of multiple characters.