Opinion
LETTER: National Coming Out Day celebrates LGBTQ+ community, defies colonialism
Frankie Flores | October 10Happy National Coming Out Day! I am so happy you are sitting in your authentic self. For those who don’t have the capacity for being out, thank you for staying with us and fighting through the hard times, we hold you near to us. National Coming Out Day means so many different things to many of us. For many, this is a day of celebration, a joyous milestone of affirming oneself. For others, it is a somber day, reminding us of those who were not able to live in their authenticity or punished for doing so. The concept of being out is a colonial construct. Before colonization, trans and queer folks existed not as separate, but as part of the larger community.
