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'Coming Out' Good For Health, Study Finds

CBC | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada Living
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Coming out of the closet in Montreal can be beneficial to your health according to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal and McGill...

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Coming Out Changed My Life

Cory Ashworth | Posted 01.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Cory Ashworth

At 15, being called Fagboy on the football field happened. Ironically enough, it was a straight kid with immaculate gaydar who gave me that name in high school. I was thankful that the moniker never lasted more than that year, but those words 'Fagboy' have stuck with me ever since. It would take a few handfuls of girlfriends, over two decades of denial and seven full years of hiding on the other side of the planet -- in China -- before I learned to let go of my fear, my shame and the idea that being gay was wrong.

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On National Coming Out Day, I'm Proud to Be Gay

Donald D'Haene | Posted 12.11.2012 | Canada
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Donald D'Haene

Because today is National Coming Out Day, I was reminded of my own journey. Almost two decades ago, I came out of that supposed "closet" publicly and purposefully for when I finally figured out I was gay, I wanted to shout it to the world. I eventually found the label "gay" something to be proud of. The gay label is just one small part of the big picture. But take it away and I wouldn't be me.

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An Open Letter: Saying "I Am Gay"

Adam Goldenberg | Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada Living
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Adam Goldenberg

I came out to my family 10 years ago this month. It was, without question, the hardest thing I have ever done. For a long time, I tortured myself about my sexual orientation. It took a long time before I could even think that little sentence, the one I used to find so horrible and isolating, the one that goes like this: I'm gay.

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