Tips for Coming Out Every Day

1. Make a commitment to tell the truth about yourself to others

2. Join a national gay and lesbian organization

3. Include your partner in all of your holiday and family events

4. Come out in the workplace and encourage your employer to include protections and benefits on the basis of sexual orientation

5. Organize a visibility event on National Coming Out Day

6. Write letters to local and national elected officials urging them to support fairness and equality for lesbians and gays

7. Share your coming out story with local school, church, or synagogue groups

8. Volunteer and support local and community organizations

9. Support gay and non-gay companies that support the gay community

10. Make the identity of the gay community as diverse as possible by getting involved and being visible - it truly makes a difference