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Coming Out… The Ripple Effect

It’s tempting to think that coming out is all about us. And, it is… first and foremost. But, then again, it’s not.

Rand Bishop
Prism & Pen

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Slide from the author’s one-man show, Bi Myself. Sketch by the author.

Most of us ’round these parts have been out for quite some time now.

In fact, we’ve been living our truth long enough that we might have forgotten how difficult it was, fighting those unwinnable emotional battles, those unrelenting internal conflicts that ultimately led to a truce… first making peace with ourselves and then, with everyone else in our world.

But, coming out stories are always needed.

Sharing perspectives on such a deeply personal, yet common experience is useful, even essential.

After all, more and more people are coming out every day.

At any given moment, countless folks are struggling to reconcile their queer inclinations, same-sex attractions, “taboo” desires, and/or gender-dysphoric angst.

Many are experiencing intense guilt, shame, and self-loathing over irrepressible longings or compulsive behaviors… traits that, they’ve been taught, supposedly make them unworthy or — Heaven forbid! — put them in legion with the Devil.

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