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The Coming Out Handbook

By The Trevor Project

Coming out isn’t always easy. It’s when a person decides to reveal an important part of their identity to someone in their life. For many LGBTQ people, this involves sharing their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Read on www.thetrevorproject.org

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Queer & trans Asian Americans read letters to their immigrant parents and family members about their gender identity, sexuality, and queerness.

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Why Some Black LGBTQIA+ Folks Are Done ‘Coming Out’

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The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives—ones lived by African Americans such as Lucy Hicks Anderson and James McHarris.

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A Queer History of the United States

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