coming out stories.

I’m listening to episode #137 of LC. It’s exactly where my husband and I are right now. I’m so paralyzed with fear of all the unknowns I can’t move. I’m afraid of instability, finances, loneliness, growing old alone, retirement & family support.

How do you find trust and bravery to move in any direction? How do I calm my nervous system long enough to know what’s in my heart?

“Without fear you have access to your imagination”

I would love to connect with in person/Zoom support groups. I can’t seem to find anything. If anyone knows of groups, please let me know.

LC should start a group 😉

Thanks for listening.

Lesbian Chronicles LIVE! Join us at the Reverie Ballroom in Seattle, WA on October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM for an evening of empowerment, laughs, and shared experiences. Hosts Alli and Melisa will share stories, answer questions, and keep us entertained all night!

Whether you're in the middle of navigating your own sexuality journey or just want to be in community with other queer women, this event is for you. Let's laugh, cry, and celebrate together.

In addition to the event on Saturday, we've created optional events on Friday if you'd like more chances to meet new people!

AGENDA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18

I wrote this a year ago and as I sat and thought tonight what PRIDE month means to me it is so much more than parades and drag shows and flags flying high. It is the acknowledgment of pain and sacrifice of countless queer individuals. It is a declaration of freedom and acceptance of oneself even if that means disownment by others. PRIDE is the life saving breath that filled my emptiness when I was told I was disowned, undeserving, dead and damned. We celebrate PRIDE in June, but it’s the story of how I came to have and experience my own PRIDE that I carry with me always.

I hesitate to share…the story needs work, there are many gaps that still need filled and it’s unpolished. But it’s raw and it’s real and it MY PRIDE

June 2020

It’s PRIDE month; June. It wasn’t too long ago that …

For the past few months I feel like I am in some sort of post coming out cocoon period where I have just been through so much emotional trauma -admitting to myself that I am gay (I’ve always known but actually allowing myself to be in that knowledge ) taking the steps to come out as gay to myself to my husband, my friends and family, then my first true agonizing heartbreak (shattering and life altering to say the least ) followed by a series of some fortunate some unfortunate dating experiences…all of these things in such a short period of time had left me cracked wide open and shattered …and now I am cocooned in emotional numbness…

Honestly it’s fine… the cocoon

The numbness

I’m comfortable with it

I kind of needed to not feel for awhile

I am very comfortable being alone