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The concept of "the closet" (everydayfeminism.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I came across this recently and thought it was a super interesting and thorough examination of "the closet" or "coming out" of it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of my relatives found out not because I told them but because another relative saw my tinder profile and then they proceeded to tell everyone who would listen

A lot of people were blocked that day

Finding your family is hard, but having found family is worth all the effort

I personally wouldn't have told a lot of my relatives to be perfectly honest but the past is the past and once the secret was out I wasn't going to deny it because seeing how poorly they reacted made me realize that I was better off and was going to be happier without having that fear hanging over my head

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That really sucks! I don't understand why people choose to be so shitty. I'm glad to hear it got better.