Queer Resources Guide: National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day
Founded in 1988, National Coming Out Day is celebrated on October 11th every year, to commemorate the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Read more about the history of this day and find information, resources and stories about coming out on the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Day page.
Featured Books and Ebooks
- Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are byeBook "Examines the variety of ways various people and groups use the concept of coming out to resist stigma and mobilize for social change. It examines how American lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) people have used the term in different ways over time."
- Gender Queer: a Memoir byGraphic Novel "Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, and bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity."
- Media and the Coming Out of Gay Male Athletes in American Team Sports byPrint book "Builds upon the narratives of athletes and how their coming out experiences are shaped, transmitted and received through pervasive, powerful, albeit imperfect commercial media. Featuring in-depth interviews with out-athletes such as Jason Collins, Dave Kopay, Billy Bean and John Amaechi; media gatekeepers from outlets like ESPN and USA Today; and league representatives from Major League Baseball and the National Football League."
Streaming Video: Coming Out Trans
Streaming Video: Out in America
Resources for Coming Out
- Coming Out: A Resource for LGBTQ StudentsFrom GLSEN, whose mission is to ensure that every member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
- The Coming Out HandbookExplore what coming out means to you with tools and guiding questions. From the Trevor Project.
- Human Rights Campaign Coming Out ResourcesResources to help you come out and live openly at home, at work and in your community