Naming the Damage of Microaggression

Despite holding a traditional view on sexuality while in high school- that sex was reserved for marriage between one man and one woman only- it became a matter of survival to frequently and public assert those beliefs whenever the topic came up in conversation. I learned very quickly that, if people were to know about my homosexuality, especially Christians, they needed to know immediately that I knew it was sinful and wrong. And so I made sure that they knew.

No matter how sincere my...