![]() ![]() I didn’t know how they would react to my identities, especially when many people in my family have made anti-queer and anti-trans statements in the past. I told one family member that I’m queer, trans, and nonbinary, but I didn’t want to tell anyone else. I didn’t come out-not to everyone, anyway. A person can be honest about their truth and their identity with themselves, without ever needing to tell anyone else." As Callender so eloquently puts it, "celebration and self-love can be quiet, internal, without saying a word to the world. Whether one does so publicly or privately is up to the individual. ![]() But Callender suggests that we should instead put more pressure on all people-particularly those who are straight or cisgendered-to create a space that's safer to do so, especially for people of color, who are more vulnerable to violence.Ĭoming out should, first and foremost, be a celebration of the self. We put a lot of pressure on queer and trans people to tell us who they really are. ![]()
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