So, Tomorrow Is October 11th…

…and October 11th is National Coming Out Day.  We’ve pulled together some links in honor of the day:

Resources:  

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/05/lgbt-documentaries/

http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/national-coming-out-day

http://www.glaad.org/tags/national-coming-out-day

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/03/moving-and-coming-out/

Stories:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/10/on-coming-out-as-a-gay-christian/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/10/coming-out-to-myself/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2011/02/interviews-when-being-out-is-not-easy/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/11/an-area-evangelicals-might-learn-from-the-lgbt-community/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/12/make-the-yuletide-gay-or-dont-whatever/

For Youth Pastors and Teachers:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2009/10/youth-are-coming-out/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2014/04/what-i-wish-my-youth-pastor-had-said-part-one/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2014/04/what-i-wish-my-youth-pastor-had-said-part-2/

For Parents:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2014/01/the-five-stages-of-grief-for-parents-of-lgbt-children/

For Allies: 

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/loveisanorientation/2013/10/from-a-straight-guy-on-coming-out/

If you’re local and want a (literal) walk through history: The Legacy Walk on North Halsted, Chicago (or virtually, here: http://www.legacyprojectchicago.org/Streetscape_Plan.html)

In 1991 the City of Chicago instituted the only Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in the world to recognize the contributions of its GLBT citizens both to the city as a whole and the GLBT community. Several years later Chicago once again chose to celebrate GLBT people by installing the first-of-its-kind “Rainbow Pylon” streetscape on North Halsted Street. The combination of Chicago’s annual Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame inductions and the 1998 dedication of the “Northalsted Corridor” as the nexus of the GLBT Community helped to crystallize the concept of THE LEGACY WALK; for finally there existed a place where the contributions of GLBT people from all over the world could be put on public display in the heart of an international city that had opened its arms to its GLBT sons and daughters. Fourteen years later the City of Chicago has become an administrative co-sponsor of THE LEGACY WALK – crafting the legal structures that were needed to ensure this long-anticipated dream finally became a reality.  Thanks to hundreds of donors, volunteers and academics – and our plaque sponsors – the Inaugural Dedication of THE LEGACY WALK took place on October 11, 2012 – National Coming-Out Day – 25 years to the day it was first inspired.

Much love!