If you’ve been (or are) closeted, you’re already aware that it’s not fun. Hiding your sexual orientation and/or gender identity from others can be a confining, isolating experience. Though there’s no one-size-fits-all way to deal with the stress of being in the closet, there are things that can ease the burden or keep it from getting heavier than it already is.

This law is backward, and the harm it will do to so many people could be irreparable. To the LGBT community back home: change will come. Just please hold on.

Although the relevance and popularity of the pan-African tradition gets debated annually, its no coincidence that Back lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans across the country…

If you’ve been (or are) closeted, you’re already aware that it’s not fun. Hiding your sexual orientation and/or gender identity from others can be a confining, isolating experience. Though there’s no one-size-fits-all way to deal with the stress of being in the closet, there are things that can ease the burden or keep it from getting heavier than it already is.

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Source: Queer and Trans* Youth Visibility Project