Coming Out Apr 2026

Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall

: In an influential New Yorker essay , Andrew Solomon distinguishes between identities passed down by parents (vertical) and those that separate children from their families but connect them to a wider community (horizontal). Coming Out

: Data from The Trevor Project shows the average age for coming out has dropped significantly; youth aged 13–17 now come out around age 13, compared to an average age of 16 for those just a decade older. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty

: Vivienne Cass’s 1979 Identity Model remains a cornerstone in psychology, mapping the journey from "identity confusion" to "identity synthesis". and Rising Up