I belong to an online group for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered professionals.
For what it’s worth I think I’m the only so-called straight person there.
Recently, I asked about the whole "coming out" issue. "Why", I asked, "is there such a big foo fra when a celebrity comes out?"
The answer can be summed up this way: "Those who are GLBT suffer a great deal from suppressing who they are. Coming out, both frees them and sets a pattern or model for those who are still trapped in pain. Pain? Yes, pain: psychic, emotional, spiritual, and physical because they keep all that SHIT inside."
Coming out by celebrities validates the whole notion that it’s OKAY to let people know who you really are.
It occured to me then that many of us have issues with COMING OUT.
For example, in the late 80s and early 90s I suffered with stress and angst around COMING OUT as a "Recovering Fundamentalist".
Now, I want to formally annouce my COMING OUT as a the adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
There! I said it!!
Feels good.
More to come (pardon the pun).
