Fieldnotes on Coming Out

The journey is the destination

Clay Rivers
Aug 31, 2018 · 9 min read

Coming out of the closet — revealing one’s sexual orientation as gay, lesbian, or bisexual— even in the twenty-first century can be a harrowing experience. This act of self-disclosure is not a singular event. It’s a process fraught with self-examination, rumination, internal struggle, revelation, and uncertainty, that occurs several times over the course of a person’s…

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Clay Rivers

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Author, art director, actor, and optimist. I write about equality, faith, and racism. Let’s chat over espresso. Books: https://books2read.com/b/walkingtall

Clay Rivers

Writing from the intersection of race, faith, and equality. Join the conversation, but you have to bring your own espresso.

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