Deeply Touched

JD just sent me a short email with mere two paragraphs worth of text. Somehow, it touched my heart and made me tear in the midst of all the commotion in the office.

Thank you JD.

Exposure

As of three hours ago, the number of straights whom know of my sexual orientation just rose 3 points to 4. It seems like a puny number, but yet it feels to me like a big step forward towards gaining acceptance.

"Coming out of the closet", as people would call it is a gradual process. The Cass Identity Model described the entire process to exist in six stages. And the key transitional state is coming-out with oneself. Some people start it young, some later in life and of course there are others whom never will.

There has been so much controversy so to whether coming out is a must-go destination for every LGBT, and arguments to both sides have their merits. I think there may be an in-between: to be both inside and outside at the same time. That way, you live your life to the fullest.