2017 National Coming Out Day Book - Final v2

Family members and friends of LGBTQ folks also move through awareness and acceptance that their loved ones are LGBTQ. Many of them become Allies – people who are not LGBTQ but support those who are. Just like with LGBTQ people, they find themselves in essence “coming out” in the normal course of their life. It could be walking into McDonald’s as a family, going on a family vacation, writing a story in school, etc. Here are a few of their stories and pictures.

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