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    a closer look at why does 53 percent still are afraid of coming out. With a lot of research done I have answer some questions I had. The amount of Americans who have identified themselves as Gay, lesbian or other has increased. "In the year of 2016, there are 10.1 million people who are LGBT in 2012 it was 8.3 million." (Brown). According to Heatherington and Lavner (2008), disclosing one’s sexual orientation as gay or lesbian (coming out) to family members is a very important psychological decision

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    gay marriage has led to more people feeling comfortable coming out. There are definitely still people that hide being gay due to family, friends, or religious lack of acceptance. This could af-fect treatment of patient if they do not fully tell the physician their full sexual history. In the video, one of the characters said, “everything in its own time”. A person should not be pressured to come out, he or she can take their time and come out when the time is right. If a younger person is not comfortable

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    in the story it kinda came out of nowhere and it meant something. Nia was waiting for Bobby at the end of the stairwell with the red balloon, no one knew what it symbolized at first, that's why it was so important. She then handed Bobby the balloon and he knew that it meant something was about to change. Later on he found out the balloon symbolized Nia's pregnancy. The second symbol I noticed was the wall. This stood out to me because Bobby was going

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    something normal, and anything other than heterosexual is abnormal and needs justification. This justification holds individuals back from coming out and being themselves in public. Why place this barrier on them? Why is there a universal expectation for non-heterosexuals to “come out the closet?” Why only, specifically, them? In order to understand the coming-out process, one must know the mental and physical struggles that follow. Because not everyone approves of this so-called “abnormal behavior”

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    best way for me to evaluate my identity is by telling my coming out story and how it was affected by my identity and eyedentity. I tried to think of some way to make this creative, but I realized that the best way to do this would be by just writing about my experiences, and then talking through it. My story begins with me as a child. Growing up I was very close with my mother and other maternal and feminine figures, so naturally I sought them out in life and found comfort being around them. Throughout

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    so I waddled out of bed and to the bathroom as I stood in front of the bathroom door I could feel something trickling down my legs and I screamed for my fiance to wake up I thought this was it my water finally broke. We were 38 weeks and five days it definitely was not too early to deliver bubs because I was already 1.5cm dilated. "Did you just pee on yourself? Wait, that's water! Did your water just break!? Let's wait to see if more comes out, the doctor says it has to keep coming out so let's give

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    about heading to one and she actually looked up a game to go to, but for Spring Training. It turns out that we found there Spring Training ballpark was just a little over two hours from where we were staying the Florida. My mom and I talked more and more about going to a game, and then it turned out that my mom purchased us each a ticket

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    James you’re gay I always knew it thanks for telling me.” “Umm I kind of can’t talk right now I’m in class.” Growing up as a homosexual male has been challenging for me. This challenge has resulted in me not accepting my own self and reality, and coming to terms with who I really am. I’ve tried to deny it, date girls and just prove that I was straight, but I was tired of lying to myself and others. Being gay has always been frowned upon in today’s society and it is a sad reality. I have finally come

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    In a dream, diverse Images of various accomplishments and mistakes. A girl called Mercy. A friend in Lothering, just at her sixteen years old. Beautiful and funny, green eyes and golden hair like if coming from a fairy tale. However, even being a girl she was attracted to her beyond simple friendship, although she never demonstrated the opposite, in the end, the girl stated she appreciated only a man when came to anything more than friendship. Despite

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    you sure you want to do this”, said Uncle Cliff. Lulu was more than sure that she wanted to do this, she kept saying that she just has this feeling that she should. Lulu and Uncle Cliff took two steps into the house when they heard a noise. It was coming from the room to the left of them. Inside the room was a desk, and a lot of papers scattered across the floor. It looked as if it was an office, or was an office. The house had to of been abandoned though Lulu. “What do you think that noise was”

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