It’s National Coming Out Day!

October 11, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

Yes, Virginia…it does still matter! Coming Out as LGBTQ is very important for many reasons. It helps celebrate our identities and to let the world know that we’re here and we’re important and we have a voice. LGBTQ+ people deserve equal rights under the law…not SPECIAL rights but the same rights non-LGBTQ+ people have (and frequently take for granted….)

It’s also important to come out because the more out LGBTQ+ people there are in the world, the more likely it is, non-gay people will know one of us and people who actually know, like/love, care about a gay person, the more likely they’re going to support us.

Coming out stories are also important for kids and people who can be in positions where it’s not safe for them to come out. Other people’s coming out stories give hope to those who can’t or aren’t ready.

Coming Out inspires a sense of community. And, belonging.

Also: we get a toaster for everyone who opens an account!!!

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.