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• Best Comment Of The Day in response to National Coming Out Day Brings Courage And Sorrow:
Being out feels fabulous, and I couldn’t go back into hiding if I tried. I do have a message for any young’uns out there who may be reading Jez: Yes, coming out is liberating and good for all of us, queer and not. But you don’t owe me or anyone else anything. Come out when you feel safe and ready. If you get outed by someone else before that happens, first of all, I am so sorry, and I hope you can be safe. Second, seek support from a trusted adult or by phone or online with a reputable organization like the Trevor Project. When you do decide to come out, I hope it’s with fireworks, press releases, and pinatas, but it’s your life and your timing. I can’t wait to welcome you to the club-on your terms.
• Best Comment Of The Day, also in response to National Coming Out Day Brings Courage And Sorrow:
I’m straight. But if you come out to me, I will welcome and accept you for who you are. I will go to the mat for your right to be who you are. I will reject beliefs and tenets grounded in hate and I will challenge those who preach them. And I will teach any children I have or whose lives I am part of that not everyone is like them, that human difference is normal and healthy, and that hating a person for the way they are born is always wrong.
• Best Comment Of The Day in response to “The Plight Of Middle-Aged Women”: