National Coming Out Day

The student organization UNITY, UHCL’s gay-straight alliance, is organizing the Coming Out Day event on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at noon in Bayou Atrium I.

Every year on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is celebrated within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Ally (LGBTQA) community.

National Coming Out Day is where we celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and as an ally.

RACHAEL DEVINNEY THE SIGNAL Oct. 11 was National Coming Out Day, a day to celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) or as an LGBT ally. UHCL celebrated this event Oct. 10 in Atrium I of the Bayou Building…

In this slideshow, The Signal reporter Malori Bizzell takes a look at Unity Club's annual celebration of National Coming Out Day.

The Signal reporter Meaghan Marquez and videographer Timothy Lapointe check out the different events held on campus Oct. 11 for National Coming Out Day.

Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day (NCOD) for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. UHCL’s Intercultural and International Student Services and Unity Club celebrated the day with events to help raise LGBT awareness.

Unity Club and IISS - Women's and LGBT Services celebrated National Coming Out Day at UHCL Oct. 11.

We avoid the truth trapped inside ourselves, wondering if others know our secret. It’s time to let go and come out of the darkness to recognize ourselves. We are the same, different as we are.