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National Coming Out Day National Coming Out Day is observed on October 11 in the U.S by members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community and its allies. National Coming Out Day events are aimed at raising awareness of GLBT people among the general populace in an effort to give a familiar face to the gay rights movement. The day commemorates October 11, 1987, when 500,000 people marched on Washington for gay and lesbian equality. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/na/national_coming_out_day.html   (135 words)

Events - NCOP DFW National Coming Out Day was founded on October 11, 1988 by Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary to celebrate the first anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington. There is also a signature ad which has been run in the Dallas Morning News for National Coming Out Day every year since 1994. The National Coming Out Project is an ongoing campaign to encourage and empower every lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered person to make a difference. www.comeout.org /events   (355 words)

Coming Out Each year UCB LGBT Programs and Services schedules a week of events around National Coming Out Day rally every year. Coming out is a life long process of understanding, accepting, and acknowledging your identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ) or a combination of these identities. Other reasons that people have for coming out include increasing visibility of LGBTIQ people, educating people who assume that everyone is straight as well as gender and sex conforming, and letting your friends and family meet the “real” you. students.berkeley.edu /sas/geneq/lgcomingout.htm   (811 words)

The Daily Princetonian - National Coming Out Day rally concludes LBGT Awareness Week National Coming Out Day is held at the University to demonstrate to the community that there is a core of supportive people who can help still-closeted gays and lesbians, said Sue Dyer '03, co-president of the Pride Alliance. National Coming Out Day is sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, according to its website. Gay Jeans Day stems from the idea that being gay should be as comfortable as wearing a favorite pair of jeans, LGBT leaders said. www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2002/10/14/news/5719.shtml   (609 words)

UCSB Students To Celebrate 'National Coming Out Day' - Daily Nexus Online Today is National Coming Out Day, a nationwide event that provides an opportunity for students with diverse sexualities to share their stories and publicly come out of the closet. NCOD is meant to be a very individualized event, where students can come out in varying degrees, Women's Center Director Deidre Acker said. Although Zubritsky is going to NCOD this year, he said he wished he could have participated in one of the activities which took place last year but will not be repeated. www.ucsbdailynexus.com /print_article.php?a=1447   (568 words)

National Coming Out Day 2004 Presentation My coming out bi was helped by the church as well, because I had heard the word of inclusion and grace all my life and because the church provided the sexuality education experiences which included principles that allowed me to grow into a new self-understanding. My coming out bi was more difficult because most churches have actively fought against a more full understanding of sexuality and because the gay and lesbian communities also have been slow to come to a fuller understanding of sexuality. My coming out bi was helped by The Experience, a workshop that grew out of the gay community and helps participants live with increased personal power, integrity and love. members.tde.com /ben/ncod2004.html   (961 words)

National Coming Out Day -- Queer Lesbian Gay National Coming Out Day -- Gay.com National Coming Out Day is October 11, and sometimes it can look like one big queer pledge drive. If anything, though, the whole "coming out" hullabaloo has grown of its own accord, as folks from all walks of life finally feel free to take charge of their own identities, liberated from the pressures of the past to conform to any one image of themselves -- be it gay or straight. I came out at age 19; at that time (the 70's) going out to a gay bar was a risky proposition. www.gay.com /pride/feature.html?sernum=699&navpath=/channels/news/comingout   (458 words)

PlanetOut News: National Coming Out Day, etc. For supportive non-gays, it can be a day of coming out against homophobia. Coming out is an intersection of the personal with the political, as non-gays who personally know a gay or lesbian have generally been found to be more supportive of ending sexual orientation-based discrimination. Coming out rallies, festivals, films, fund- (and fun-) raisers, and more in Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, Idaho, Texas and California, with bravos from the Democrats and raspberries from the right. www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?1998/10/12/4   (648 words)

National Coming Out Day: a time for acceptance - October 10, 1997 Saturday is National Coming Out Day, an event co-founded October 11, 1988 by gay activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary. She said National Coming Out Day can be used as a way to combat ignorance. "You have to come out to people every day for the rest of your life, and make political statements about love, which seems so personal," she said. wildcat.arizona.edu /papers/91/34/01_4_m.html   (223 words)

national_coming_out_day_spch_101101 Although obviously an overly simplistic and even unduly optimistic depiction of how coming out works, what I still find important about this account of coming out is the representation of coming out as involving a series of stages that climax in coming out publicly. We must come out about where and for what we stand if we do not want to surrender the last vestiges of our democracy, of our civil liberties and human rights, to our government and allow this government to exercise imperial powers without question, without challenge, without critique, and without accountability. When you, I, and we come out in places like this we make a decision and take an action which effects who we are and what we will contribute as members of a larger community. www.uwec.edu /ranowlan/national_coming_out_day_spch_101101.htm   (2066 words)

October - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. Thanksgiving Day in Canada on the second Monday of the month. October begins on the same day of the week as January, except in leap years. encyclopedia.learnthis.info /o/oc/october.html   (148 words)

Gay/Lesbian Issues - National Coming Out Day - Feature: 10/10/97 from About.com National Coming Out Day was founded on October 11, 1988 by Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary to celebrate the first anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington. A group of the bad-old-boy organizations have sponsored "National Coming Out as Heterosexual" Days, totally missing the point of the heterosexist presumption, but for the most part, coverage and reaction is positive and in many cases includes support by the "Straight But Not Narrow" contingent. National Coming Out Day has taken on a life of its own. www.rslevinson.com /gaylesissues/features/main/gl971010.htm   (1033 words)

Gay News From 365Gay.com National Coming Out Day is celebrated every Oct. 11 to mark the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Equality. Vote." is the theme for this year's National Coming Out Day - encouraging gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans to talk to their families and friends about their lives, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation announced today. Each year since, thousands of GLBT people and allies have celebrated National Coming Out Day in schools, churches and businesses nationwide through workshops, speak-outs, rallies and other events aimed at showing the public that GLBT people are everywhere. www.365gay.com /newscon04/09/090104outDay.htm   (314 words)

eclecticism: National Coming Out Day National Day of Prayer: So apparently today was the National Day of Prayer. National Preparedness Month: September 2004: Coming this September, on the three-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: National Preparedness Month. My best wishes to any of you choosing to come out today, and of course, to all of you who already have. www.michaelhanscom.com /eclecticism/2004/10/national_coming.html   (215 words)

DM: Booth in Union will mark national 'Coming Out Day' National Coming Out Day is officially held on Oct. 11 each year, to commemorate the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The Ole Miss GLBA is observing National Coming Out Day today and Friday, instead of Saturday, because the group wants to have a greater opportunity to engage members of the public in dialogue, and according to Doll, "hardly anybody's here on the weekend." The Ole Miss Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group will be having a "Coming Out Booth" in the Union today and Friday in order to observe the 10th annual National Coming Out Day. www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/97/9710/971009/971009N5glbg.HTML   (544 words)

National Coming Out Day (News) Rose Miller October 11th was National Coming Out Day, an occasion dedicated to the sharing of stories in the effort to further equality and acceptance of those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (GLBT). As one of the principle aims of National Coming Out Day is to combat this silencing of GLBT stories, gay rights organizations and GLBT publications are acknowledging the day by making an effort to fight this trend. The national gay rights organization The Human Rights Campaign provides an in-depth history of National Coming Out Day on their website. www.utne.com /webwatch/2005_220/news/11809-1.html   (434 words)

DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Coming out rally ignites protests, heated debate National Coming Out Week activities continue today, with a faculty-staff reception and an information session on the Knight Initiative, the 2000 ballot measure that would limit legal marriages to those between a man and a woman. The protesters, who were affiliated with different churches, said they came in response to the first day of National Coming Out Week, an annual event in which lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people across America gather to support openness about their sexuality. As several campus groups kicked off National Coming Out Week on Monday, a group of protesters showed up to condemn homosexuality and what they consider to be other vices, angering most of the 200 people who gathered around them. www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/issues/99/10.12/news.rally.html   (912 words)

National Coming Out Day National Coming Out Day is held on October 11th every year to commemorate the first March on Washington by LBGT people. The first National Coming Out Day was held on October 11, 1988. The purpose of National Coming Out Day is to promote honesty and openness about being lesbian, gay or bisexual. www.qrd.org /qrd/www/orgs/avproject/NCOD.htm   (102 words)

YSUnity ready for Coming Out Day - pageone Stephan also noted that National Coming Out Day was being promoted on the electronic marquees across campus, which she said was a good sign for YSU and the community. The first National Coming Out Day was held Oct. 11, 1988, in commemoration of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. National Coming Out Day will be celebrated at other colleges in Ohio this week. www.thejambar.com /news/2005/10/11/Pageone/Ysunity.Ready.For.Coming.Out.Day-1016912.shtml   (589 words)

NOW Activists Celebrate National Coming Out Day Since the first National Coming Out Day, progress has been made, despite the growing power of the religious right, particularly in the legislative arena. "Many NOW activists watching Ellen come out couldn t help but think how times have changed, but this year on National Coming Out Day, we are all renewing our commitment to making our world safe and supportive for lesbians and gay men," said Ireland. Coming Out Day is rooted in the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights with its AIDS Quilt display. www.now.org /nnt/10-97/cod.html   (599 words)

USP, Calendar - Events, National Coming Out Day 2002 National Coming Out Day is a day to celebrate Pride in who you are! United Student Pride will celebrate National Coming Out Day at the raised stage in the Free Speech area between the hours of 10am and 2pm. It is a day in which all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered people should identify themselves openly as a group so that there is solidarity in numbers. www.csufresno.edu /studentorgs/USP/calendar/eventpages/ncod.html   (136 words)

Tips for coming out on National Coming Out Day (and every day!) Tips for coming out on National Coming Out Day (and every day!) Coming out is a process, not a single event. Start or attend a coming out support group. www.lambda.org /NCOD_ideas.htm   (295 words)

gay news blog: National Coming Out Day is October 11 In the same vein, coming out isn’t necessarily an “all or nothing” proposition, according to psychologist Greg Cason, who was the National Coordinator for the inaugural National Coming Out Day in 1988. “Coming Out Day was never to compel anyone to come out, but to create a support structure whereby people could do something that furthered their identity,” says Cason, “to create a positive view about themselves and others and become closer to those around them.” Though “coming out” and “outing” may be part of our nation’s lexicon these days, when it comes to coming out, whom exactly do we come out as? gay_blog.blogspot.com /2005/10/national-coming-out-day-is-october-11.html   (950 words)

AVER, Inc. - National Veterans Coming Out Day 2005 National Veterans Coming Out Day is an event for veterans who are no longer in service. Coming Out publicly is a difficult thing for many people, but if they know that they friends and/or family are around them -- it's not such a big deal. Travel to lobby, travel to get the word out, booths at Pride events, telephone calls all across the country, advertising for newspapers/magazines/internet, posters for community centers and bars, etc. -- it all costs money. aver.us /NVCOD   (2062 words)

Butch-Femme.com - How are you celebrating National Coming Out Day As today is National Coming Out Day, I thought I would start this thread for folks to post their coming out stories, or tell us about what you are doing today to celebrate.... We started yesterday at OUT in Oakland, then today my wife, who is very involved in the University of California LGBTIA, is hosting an Ice Cream Sundae party at her office. I came out late in life, and it was the most positive thing I have ever done so far in my life, besides marring my wife. www.butch-femme.com /portal/forums/showthread.php?t=16262   (328 words)

News -- Discussion of Homosexuality, Catholicism Preceeds National Coming Out Day “National Coming Out Day is a national event which was created by the Human Rights Campaign in 1987. The Catholic Student Association sponsored a discussion on homosexuality and the Catholic Church on Wednesday evening, one of several of this week’s awareness events organized by GU Pride leading to today’s National Coming Out Day. It’s an event that attempts to create awareness on the coming out process. www.thehoya.com /news/101102/news7.cfm   (565 words)

National Coming Out Day, 2001 Do not be too hard on yourself if the day slipped away from you without thoughts of coming out. After all, one thing that has been clearly demonstrated by this national catastrophe - coming out is still necessary and important. Of course I did not know this until The Advocate came out with their special edition on the LGBT victims. www.lesbianworlds.com /articles/events/101101.htm   (602 words)

ColumbiaChronicle.com - - National Coming Out Day celebrated on campus National Coming Out Day has been commemorated every Oct. 11 since 1987, which marks the first march Washington D.C., for gay and lesbian rights. The host of Coming Out Day and President of Columbia Pride, Goldie Brown, was ecstatic about the event, especially since it was faculty-organized and not a student event. Many at the celebration shared their coming-out stories, recited poems and some students made the leap of coming out for the very first time. www.ccchronicle.com /paper/campus.php?id=641   (470 words)

National Coming Out Day a reason to vote - Minnesota Daily Beyond the public expression of sexual orientation, National Coming Out Day is also a time for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and our allies to reflect upon the struggles and oppressions, social and self-imposed, that gay and lesbian Americans face in this country every single day. For those of you who are not members of the GLBT community, National Coming Out Day might not be important. Coming out of the closet remains a long, difficult and emotional process. www.mndaily.com /articles/2004/10/11/10626   (509 words)

Oct 11th: National Coming Out Day - The Cult Personally, if I had decided to come out, I wouldn't think to myself, "Okay, I'm going to wait until October 11th and THEN come out. Being gay is not a fucking accomplishment, sure it's not easy for everyone to come and say their gay but everyone has their own problems in society, gays just have there own little problem. www.chuckpalahniuk.net /community/showthread.php?t=16824   (1875 words)

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