National Coming Out Day is celebrated on Oct. 11 every year in the U.S. and is sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Besides offering public support and encouragement to people still in ...

If you feel safe, come out when you're ready. "It creates a sense of visibility, where they can express their authentic selves without fear of judgment or discrimination," Mosley says.

Remember: Coming Out Day is not about your allyship, it's about the community you're serving. So be sure to let the LGBTQIA+ community know that you’re looking for ways to help.

National Coming Out Day is October 11, established to honor LGBTQ people stepping fully into their true selves to others –— also known as coming out of the closet. It’s a day for honoring ...

Coming out to your siblings can be intimidating. Though everyone is different, doing things that make you feel centered and confident before opening the conversation may help you feel confident ...

Coming out must still matter because there's still a closet to come out from. We still live in a country and a world where it's assumed that everyone is heterosexual, and that everyone's sex at birth ...

Coming out of the closet—that is, revealing your non-heterosexuality to others—can elicit a variety of reactions from great to horrible. Every time you do it, you're likely to learn at least ...

T his year, National Coming Out Day 2017 — which falls on Wednesday — marks both the 29th anniversary of the day’s observance and the 30th anniversary of the March on Washington for Lesbian ...

The first coming out video appeared only a year after YouTube's inception. In August of 2006, French-Canadian YouTuber TG15 announced that she was transgender in a YouTube video.

For Pride 2020, PEOPLE's Deputy West Coast Editor Jason Sheeler has collected powerful coming out stories from a range of extraordinary individuals within the LGBTQ community. The stories — some ...

National Coming Out Day is October 11, established to honor LGBTQ people stepping fully into their true selves to others –— also known as coming out of the closet. It’s a day for honoring ...