Coming Out to the Team
By Courtney Faria
Until this year I was not out to any of my friends. At least not directly. But this year, at my volleyball team meeting, I felt the need to tell them.
I knew that most of them probably already knew, but I felt that the air needed to be cleared, so I told them. When I first started telling them, all was well, but I then began to cry. It was not because I was scared. I was overwhelmed with the feeling of letting all of it go.
After I told them they all came up to me and gave me hugs and said that I was the bravest person they knew. It made me feel very good about my situation, like I was the same as all of them, and in reality I am. Children with GLBT parents have nothing to be ashamed of.
Oct. 11, 2006