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Coming to terms with who you really are takes a long time and is something that people deal with everyday. Coming out to family and friends is a significant step in lives of gay men and lesbian women. The decision holds power and grants dignity to live your life as you see fit without feeling discarded. The decision to accept your life as a gay person creates opportunities to explore your identity as a separate individual in a world where inequality flourishes. Second class citizenship, discrimination, hatred and abuse are everyday realities for gay Americans. This struggle to overcome and persist despite these difficulties while building a fulfilling life and establishing enduring traditions is as consequential and valid for gay individuals as it is for any perceived "other" who has suffered persecution by outdated societal norms.
Love has certain blinders that shield you from hurt and truth, but being in love is universal. That desire to find someone, or to keep someone is so fundamental that people make decisions that aren't the best for them or can cause them to reevaluate their ideals. When we grow up and decide what career we want to pursue we sometimes have a singular focus and tunnel vision to realize those dreams. What happens when our hearts and our goals are at odds with each other? Whose dream and heart do we break? Is there ever an easy choice?
We can't choose the family into which we're born in. Be it funtional or dysfuntional, happy or tragic, as children we're stuck with what we get. Part of becoming an adult is deciding what role our parents and siblings are going to play in the rest of our lives. Do we recognize their strengths and forgive their mistakes, or hold them to blame? Do we welcome them as adults, or shut the door forever?
Once out on our own, we form second families: friends, roomates and significant others. Although self-selected, these families are just as chaotic and difficult to manage. Without blood to blind us, the links can be all too easily cut. Each argument has the potential to be the one that tears the group apart.
Living as a Gay Adult
Your Natural Family vs.
The Family You Create
Love and Career
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