Rainbow Legends: What's Your Story

What's Your Story?

Coming Out Stories

Share your coming out experience

Stories of Faith

What role has faith played in your life as a LGBTQ person

Love Stories

Share your LGBTQ love story

Acts of Love

LGBTQ volunteerism experiences

Acts of Courage

Stories about LGBTQ activism

Voices of Our Children

Share your stories about being raised by an LGBTQ parent(s)

and many more...

Check out our Submit Your Story page for more details and other story ideas along with our submission guidelines.

 

National Coming Out Day

Coming Out

 

What is National Coming Out Day?

National Coming Out Day was founded by Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary on October 11, 1988 in celebration of the first gay march on Washington D.C. a year earlier. The purpose of the march and of National Coming Out Day is to promote government and public awareness of gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender rights and to celebrate homosexuality.

National Coming Out Day is a time to publicly display gay pride. Many choose this day to come out to their parents, friends, co-workers and themselves.