Although I am relatively content with my life and I have come out of the closet to some people, I have equally chosen to not come out of the closet to others.
Coming out of the closet to everyone in my life and to people who know me continues to scare me profoundly. I can only call this a form of profound fear because I am afraid of the awkwardness it might create for me and I fear the negative consequences of losing the things that I hold dear – this includes my sense of self, the validation and respect of some friends, some colleagues, some relatives and my in-laws – I fear what they would think and how they would react. Do I really want to know what they think about my sexuality? NO! Do they really need to know what my sexuality is? NO! Do they need to know I am not monogamous sexually? NO! More