davinci678 said: So that’s really a day? I had honestly never heard of that. How do people agree on such things if a lot of the community is behind secretive? :0

Just because some people are still in the closet doesn’t mean that we’re not aware of the community  :)  It’s not really being secretive, not to me.  It’s being worried about what others think.  Like, for example, in college when I was on campus I was pretty much out?  Like I didn’t broadcast it but I talked about my partner.  But when I went back home, I was straight again, because I was worried about telling them.

Honestly, I just heard about this day last year.  Coming out can be pretty scary, depending on the situation you’re in.  Even if you’re in a good situation, there’s so many horror stories with it or off-handed things people say that can make you wary about doing it.  I remember in like, college, we were watching “In and Out,” which is about a guy getting married but then he realizes he’s gay.  Anyhow, one of my aunts asked my dad, “What if she were gay?”  And he flat out said, “She’s not.”  At the time, I wasn’t with my partner, but stuff like that sticks with you when you do realize you’re gay, or trans, or bi, or asexual, or anything.  In fact, part of me thinks that the hardest person to come out to sometimes is yourself.  I flat out denied it, to the point of ignoring the girl I liked (who is now my partner).  I denied it because being gay wasn’t something that was really talked about.  My dad flat out said “no she’s not” just from watching a movie, the thought of telling him that I was gay?  No.  

But more on that on the actual day itself, that’s… an interesting story.