National Coming Out Day, courtesy of Ekaterina Minaeva Be loud. Be proud. Be you! It’s National Coming Out Day! Similar to Pride Month in June, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ+ awareness day observed on October 11 to encourage and support individuals to “come out (of the closet).” The day celebrates the…
Did you know California has the biggest LGBTQ+ population of any state in the U.S? Recent statistics estimate that around 5.3% of the state’s entire population, or 1,859,000 people, identify as LGBTQ+. This means that California is home to about 12% of the country’s entire LGBTQ+ population! It would follow that a state whose LGBTQ+…