"When I came out in college, the other students took an obvious dislike to me. It was hateful. horrible rhetoric - and divisive. I lost some friends. I felt like they just couldn't step up to the plate. It was very hard - really hard - to deal with that, and to tell them that they were not being very supportive. You learn many valuable lessons about what friendship means. It's those first five minutes in coming out to your friends and acquaintances that are really the hardest. But after that - things get better than before. The most important thing you can do is come out. People's hearts have to change - and when a person meets someone who is a queer, that more than anything seems to make them understand and take on new attitudes." That makes this story -------> ENJOY READING <--------All Rights Reserved