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Closets are for Victims

Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009, In : Opinion 

(Originally published on QueerLife - By Ulla Kelly)

Since the Coming Out Stories project started, I’ve been pondering the concept of closets and coming out of them. It’s so much bigger than sexuality, I think. It feels like coming out to tell people I have PTSD and am on anti-depressants.

When I tell local people I’m a Buddhist they react as if I just said I was gay/alien/mad. Those three things are not synonyms. My conclusion is that you don’t have to be LGBTQ to come out.

I’ll t...


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Drik

Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009, In : Transgendered 
Country & city: Stockholm, Sweden
Name/nickname: Drik
Age: 20
Gender: FtM Boidyke wannabe fag.
What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered)? Bi > transgendered > pansexual
What other words would you use to describe yourself? Queer, polyamorous, slut
How old were you when you first realized your identity? Uhm, 13 (bi) and 16 (trans)
How old were you when you first told someone? 13
Did you plan it? If so, how? Not really, it just happened.
What made you choose that person to tell? I told my mom cau...

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