176 Quotes About Coming-out

Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out.

It doesn't matter if you're inside or outside the closet. Either way, it's impossible to know if you can ever really be free.

No more looking at a wall and pretending it's a mirror. No more shelving fiction in the non-fiction section. No more thinking I could get away with it.

The only time she's come close to being "known" was when she accidentally came out as bisexual during sophomore English class while talking about her favorite poem.

But I’m tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways. I get a girlfriend. I have a beer. And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.

Did you just tell us you're gay?" asks Nick."Yes.""Okay," he says. Abby swats him. "What?""That's all you're going to say? Okay?""He said not to make a big deal out of it," Nick says. "What am I supposed to say?""Say something supportive. I don't know. Or awkwardly hold his hand like I did. Anything."Nick and I look at each other."I'm not holding your hand," I tell him, smiling a little."All right" --he nods-- "but know that I would.

I never dreamed that one day I would be married to a woman, and that my dad's position at Focus would divide me from my family, rather than keep us focused on it, but that's what happened.

Sexuality isn't on a time scale.

I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are. It’s not okay… it’s not a good thing