Tag Archives: coming out

It Gets Better, the book: A “message in a bottle” to LGBT youth

Posted on Tue, 29 March 2011 by Mel Green

In the summer of 1978, two essays in a feminist anthology were all the info I had beyond the feelings of my own heart to let me know it was okay to be a lesbian. Today, the It Gets Better Project & similar projects are how LGBT elders can communicate the same message to isolated LGBT youth. Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets, 2009-12-03: Happy coming out!

Posted on Wed, 2 December 2009 by Mel Green

@jansonjones Good to see your head poked up over that big hump! in reply to jansonjones # Happy coming out to Meredith Baxter, a “later in life” lesbian. http://bit.ly/8j3LlI #

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Coming out

Posted on Sun, 11 October 2009 by Mel Green

In celebration of National Coming Out Day 2009. As Julia O’Malley pointed out after Sullivan vetoed the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, it’s not laws that change people, but personal relationships. Which is why the most important work I’ve done in the struggle for equal rights for LGBTQ people is simply to live my life, openly, as who I am.

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