Coming Out Day 2011!

Hello and Happy Coming Out Day!

My way of celebrating (or acknowledging) was a donated post on Facebook.  However, to be completely honest with you all, that one post has the potential to reach far more people than I see in a day.  I'm not completely certain whether that's really sad for my social life in the real world or if that's just the way of technology.

Despite that, I have had an eventful Fall of coming out!  After living at my current residence in Coralville, IA for a year I finally decided enough was enough.  I'm getting sick of being misread as a lesbian all the time.  To be honest, it was way easier just to let everyone assume that because I'm marrying a woman, I must be a lesbian.  I have nothing against lesbians.  In a way, I still consider a part of myself as part of that community.  There's just more to me than sexuality.  So I finally told two of my co-workers and two members of my Lesbian Reading Group.  I didn't go into detail, and there weren't as many questions for me to answer as I'd originally anticipated.  I'm going to go with that as a good sign.  To be fair, three of the four are part of the LGBTQ community and know other transfolk.

At any rate, I hope you all had an excellent Coming Out Day!  I know Pride Week in happening right now for some, so... spread the awareness!  We're here, we're queer and all that jazz.  Don't forget to celebrate, too.  We have too many reasons to be bummed out.  We deserve happiness too!

Also, feel free to share any stories about coming out in the comments.  It's a difficult process for anyone, so we're here to support everyone struggling with issues related to coming out.  I'm not a licensed Music Therapist yet, but maybe someday I'll make a Coming Out playlist that could have a little therapeutic value if anyone's interested.