GirlChat #603180
"Oh, how many of you are out, whether to one, a few, or many?"
I have a small group of people in my life who know, and a few others -- no longer in my life -- who also knew. See my post http://www.annabelleigh.net/messages/597450.htm when the topic was raised a few months ago for a little more detail... the "E" that I mentioned there specifically rejected me because she had been sexually abused when she was little. "do we have a specific phrase?" I generally talk about "being out" rather than "coming out" -- regarding anything, not just being lesbian. I don't figure it's got anything to do with The Closet™ (and as jd420 mentions down-thread, that wording does evoke some particular imagery) but it does feel to me like the opposite of "keeping it in." If anything, I might say "disclosing" is a reasonable thing to call it. Oh, and definitely congratulations on having that support! It can make a big difference to have somebody you can be open with in face-to-face interactions. As much use as online stuff like GC and VoA can be, they're limited in what they can do... so I'm happy for you :) |