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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor mostly used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. While mostly used in contexts involving sexual orientation or gender identity, it is sometimes used as a shorthand in other identity self-disclosure contexts…

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History

Etymology

Identity issues

Legal issues

Effects

In/out metaphors

National Coming Out Day

Media

Extended use in LGBTQ media, publishing and activism

Non-LGBTQ contexts

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

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Coming out

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Coming out

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related to Further reading · 79
Coming out → Allan, Argent, Beyond, Bi, Brown, Catherine, Chapel Hill, Charleston, Cleveland, Closet, Columbia University Press, Coming Home, Coming Out Young, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, Die Geschichte, Disclosure, Dissertation, Easton, Eldredge Books ISBN, Eric
related to Depictions of coming out · 21
Coming out → Author Rodger Streitmatter, Avec, Beautiful Thing, British, Davies's Queer, Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres's, Folk, In, Lise, Marcel, Pierre, Quebec, Queer, Russell, The Puppy Episode, This, TV, UK's Channel, US
related to history · 20
Coming out → Association, Between, Beziehungen, Das Sexualleben, German Jurists, German-Jewish, Germany, Hirschfeld, Historian Robert Beachy, In, Iwan Bloch, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Kultur, Magnus Hirschfeld, Men, The, The Homosexuality, Ulrichs, Women, Zeit
related to LGBTQ identity development · 18
Coming out → Cass, Coleman, Dank, Emerging, Every, Facebook, For, High, However, LGBTQ, Of, Regardless, Several, This, Troiden, United States, Vivienne Cass, While
related to National Coming Out Day · 16
Coming out → DC, Gay Rights, Jean O'Leary, Lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQ History Month, National Coming Out Day, Observed, October, Robert Eichberg, Second National March, The, This, United States, Washington, William Gamble
related to Transgender identity and coming out · 12
Coming out → According, Blumenfeld, But, Cooper, Fear, LGBTQ, Parental, Some, The, This, Transgender, United States
related to Asexual and aromantic identity · 10
Coming out → Asexual, LGBTQ, Michael Paramo, National LGBT Survey, Online, The, They, UK, United Kingdom, Yasmin Benoit
related to Criticisms · 10
Coming out → Americans, Diana Fuss, Further, Furthermore, In, Meeks, Or, Seidman, To, Traschen
related to Non-LGBTQ contexts · 10
Coming out → BDSM, In, Out Campaign, Richard Dawkins, Robin Elisabeth Cornwell, Some, The, This, United States, With
has impact · 9
Coming out → All, American LGBTQ, COVID-19, During, It, LGBTQ, Many, The, Traditionally

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increased levels of anxietyinstance ofcan lead to negative mental health outcomes0.80text
systems of careinstance ofA 2016 study on homelessness pathways among Latino LGBTQ youth found that homelessness among LGBTQ individuals can also be attributed to structural issues0.80text
and socioculturalinstance ofA 2016 study on homelessness pathways among Latino LGBTQ youth found that homelessness among LGBTQ individuals can also be attributed to structural issues0.80text
economic factors.Jimmie Manning performed a study in 2015 on positiveinstance ofA 2016 study on homelessness pathways among Latino LGBTQ youth found that homelessness among LGBTQ individuals can also be attributed to structural issues0.80text
negative behavior performed during the coming out conversationinstance ofA 2016 study on homelessness pathways among Latino LGBTQ youth found that homelessness among LGBTQ individuals can also be attributed to structural issues0.80text
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Coming outhas effectMichelangelo Signorile0.60section
Coming outhas effectQueer0.60section
Coming outhas effectAmerica0.60section
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