As the years go by, more LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered) rights are passed into law. We should be out more, not still hiding in the closet! I know women that still have the fear of coming out. They fear what their family and friends and co-workers will think and say and do.Swingers Parties Swinger Sex Tips
I remember when I came out how I was afraid of family and friends rejecting me, even friends who I knew were lesbians. I started by telling those lesbian friends and progressed to tell friends and family in that order. It helped me to be able to practice and not fear how people were going to react. I was lucky to keep most of my friends and family...even those who I thought would reject me.
I have friends whose families tried to lock them up in institutions for the mentally ill or try to 'unbrainwash' them through religion or psychoanalysis. Other were disowned.
Most of those that were disowned now have had their families come around to understand them more. This has happened thanks to TV shows like Rosie, Ellen, The L Word, etc. They have reconciled their past differences. In some cases it has been 5, 10, and 20 years or more. Remember it is never too late to try as long as they are still living.
More recently when my friends have come out to their family, friends, or co-workers, more and more folks say, "Oh! I already knew that." or "I figured that out a long time ago!"My friends have been living in constant fear and trying to protect themselves for years when in most cases everybody that they associate with already knew who they really are.
I see the biggest fear in some of my friends who are school teachers. Mind you I have other teacher friends who are very out at their schools from preschool right on up through college professors. We have passed the right to marry in my state and surrounding states. This is basically where I am talking about because I realize how difficult it may be for some women in those more conservative areas where it would be their own decision on coming out.
If the public has validated that you can love whomever you want to, do not be afraid anymore. Come out. You can set a good example too. I have many friends that are teachers and others in 'sensitive' positions who are out now. We cannot hide forever. Coming out will lift a huge weight off of you and free you up to live who you really are.
I remember when I came out how I was afraid of family and friends rejecting me, even friends who I knew were lesbians. I started by telling those lesbian friends and progressed to tell friends and family in that order. It helped me to be able to practice and not fear how people were going to react. I was lucky to keep most of my friends and family...even those who I thought would reject me.
I have friends whose families tried to lock them up in institutions for the mentally ill or try to 'unbrainwash' them through religion or psychoanalysis. Other were disowned.
Most of those that were disowned now have had their families come around to understand them more. This has happened thanks to TV shows like Rosie, Ellen, The L Word, etc. They have reconciled their past differences. In some cases it has been 5, 10, and 20 years or more. Remember it is never too late to try as long as they are still living.
More recently when my friends have come out to their family, friends, or co-workers, more and more folks say, "Oh! I already knew that." or "I figured that out a long time ago!"My friends have been living in constant fear and trying to protect themselves for years when in most cases everybody that they associate with already knew who they really are.
I see the biggest fear in some of my friends who are school teachers. Mind you I have other teacher friends who are very out at their schools from preschool right on up through college professors. We have passed the right to marry in my state and surrounding states. This is basically where I am talking about because I realize how difficult it may be for some women in those more conservative areas where it would be their own decision on coming out.
If the public has validated that you can love whomever you want to, do not be afraid anymore. Come out. You can set a good example too. I have many friends that are teachers and others in 'sensitive' positions who are out now. We cannot hide forever. Coming out will lift a huge weight off of you and free you up to live who you really are.
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