Outing Yourself How to Come Out as Lesbian or

No matter how much you prepare, coming out as gay or lesbian is a difficult, emotional process -- a process that will continue long after the words are spoken and the secret is out. There's no magic formula, butOuting Yourselfby Michelangelo Signorile offers structure, guidance, and straightforward advice to all those:WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR SEXUALITY AND UNSURE OF WHAT TO DOWHO HAVE ACCEPTED THAT THEY ARE GAY BUT ARE STILL AFRAID TO COME OUTWHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES OUT OF THE CLOSET BUT REALIZE THEY HAVE FARTHER TO GOSignorile's 14-step program -- complete with exercises, meditation notes, and anger checks, as well as the accounts of the coming-out experiences of other lesbians and gay men -- shows how you can successfully handle this life-changing, life-renewing process. A guide for the coming-out journey,Outing Yourselfwill convince all who read it that, in the words of the author, "The stress of coming out will never be as hard on you as the stress of staying in was."

Michelangelo Signorile is the author of Queer in America and a columnist for Out magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, The Village Voice, USA Today, The Advocate, the New York Post, the New York Daily News, People, and The Face. He is a graduate of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and he lives in New York City.

Contents

Preface
Foreword by Betty Berzon, Ph.D.
Introduction

PART I OUTING YOURSELF TO YOURSELF

Step 1. Identifying Yourself
Step 2. Recognizing Self-Loathing and Creating Self-Respect
Step 3. Learning the Truth About Being Gay

PART II OUTING YOURSELF TO OTHER GAY PEOPLE

Step 4. Meeting Other Gay People
Step 5. Developing a Family of Friends

PART III OUTING YOURSELF TO YOUR STRAIGHT FRIENDS

Step 6. Telling Your Best Friend
Step 7. Coming Out to Other Friends

PART IV OUTING YOURSELF TO YOUR FAMILY

Step 8. That First Talk
Step 9. Keeping the Discussion Going
Step 10. Bringing Home Your Gay Friends and Partners

PART V OUTING YOURSELF TO YOUR COWORKERS

Step 11. Understanding and Assessing the Sexual Nature of the Workplace
Step 12. Letting Coworkers Find Out

PART VI COMING OUT EVERY DAY

Step 13. Helping Others to Come Out
Step 14. Not Thinking About It at All

Acknowledgments

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Outing Yourself How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends and Coworkers

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