A Helping Hand With The Closet Door

Anguish and Peace in Coming Out to a Parent

Dale Richner
Aug 31, 2018 · 6 min read

Before completing high school, I came out of the closet to one member of my family. Just one. Close friends knew I was gay, and I had known for some time. It would have been nice to share that with my entire family, to let them all know who I really was. You can believe I would have, had I not been terrified of being tossed out on…

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Fifty-ish gay introvert, lives to touch people’s lives with words

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