I knew that when Ellen said she was gay on national television that I was, too, and it was time to tell my parents. It didn’t happen all at once, so I don’t really have a coming-out story for you….I wish I did, but I guess it was clumsier and less beautiful than that; honestly it was a series of awkward little chats and avoidances. But maybe there are too many “coming-out stories” and not enough of us talking about an uncomfortable and awkward…emergence. Ellen gave me the language and an inroad to a dialogue with my family. It was the first mile of a very long road toward all of us
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