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…
In 1948, a few years after the conclusion of World War II, The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration proclaims that people, by nature, have certain inalienable rights regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or status. Each…