Mourning for the past

Today I read the Blog of a woman who came out later in life. She said she was still in mourning for the easier days of living as a straight woman.
I'm used to hearing about how freeing and liberating coming out is, so I was a bit surprised.
She didn't regret coming out. But, now she had to face stares, disapproval, possibly loosing her job, friends, family, etc.
At first she thought maybe it would have been easier to just have lesbian affairs.
By the end of her blog I could appreciate where she was coming from. Coming out is easier for some than others. It's ok to acknowledge that everything isn't all cake and ice cream.
And if one coming out story can help just one other person understand that they are not the only one struggling with sexual or gender identity? Then that makes it all worthwhile.

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