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[wesayanything]

Today I went to the National Coming Out Day rally and I did some thinking, and I decided that maybe I've been not so true to everyone. It's so wonderful to be standing there at Old Main and hear everyone say that they're proud to be whoever they are, and some people laugh, and some people cry, and people hug people they've never met before, and everyone is happy. And I thought about all of my friends (like, you guys reading this) and how most of you, if you do know, don't know because *I* told you. So this is my chance to tell everyone: I am gay. Not like most of you didn't already know. But it's so terrible to get wrapped up in yourself, and that even when I know I have the most wonderful friends who are so accepting and even nurturing, and still not be able to tell people? How terrible it has to be for people who don't have people that love them. So, if you're one of the people that don't know me so well, now you know me better. If you're one of the people who knew but not because I told you, then I'm sorry that I didn't trust you enough to tell you myself and I hope I will. And if you're one of the people that has been sooo wonderful and helped me to be me and yelled at me when I doubted myself and was there when things were not so great, then thank you so much, because I owe the world to you. That is my coming out on the sort-of NCOD day a week late.

love,
katie