National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11. The date of October 11 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The Human Rights Campaign sponsors NCOD events under the auspices of their National Coming Out Project.
About National Coming Out Day in brief
National Coming Out Day is an annual LGBT awareness day observed on October 11. NCOD was inaugurated in 1988 by Robert Eichberg and Jean O’Leary. The date of October 11 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the 1987 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In the United States, the Human Rights Campaign sponsors NCOD events under the auspices of their National Coming Out Project, offering resources to LGBT individuals, couples, parents, and children, as well as straight friends and relatives.
While NCOD has been a celebratory day for the LGBT community, there have been several criticisms on how the holiday perpetuates homonormativity. The first decades of observances were marked by private and public people coming out. In more recent years, because coming out as a LGBT is now far less risky in most Western countries, the day is more of a holiday. Participants often wear pride symbols such as pink triangles and rainbow flags.
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