Dear Queer~ When to Come Out?

Gayly Giving Advice Straight from the Heart ~ June 2023

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Dear Queer,

So me… I’m 17 and just graduated high school. I had crushes on a few ppl and didn’t care what their gender was. I only ever talked about my opposite-sex attractions with my friends tho. I know others from my school who came out and TBH no one cared. I want to come out too, but I don’t want to make it a big thing. I dunno why. I’m prolly never going to see most of my class again.

I leave for college in a couple of months. I could just wait and come out there and be out from the start and not have to deal. I’d be low-key sad that I never told my old friends tho cause I think they’d be chill. I dunno what my prob is. It’s me, not them.

Signed,

Better Late or Never?

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Dear Better Late,

I’m going to do something I rarely do. I’m giving you full permission to be late. I can assuredly tell you, when it comes to coming out, it is better late than never. I know, I know, easier said than done. But if I could learn what the heck you meant when writing ppl (it’s an abbreviation for the…