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It's National Coming Out Day: Press Play On These Life Kit Episodes

It's the 32nd year that LGBTQ Americans and their loved ones have marked National Coming Out Day. Life Kit is spending the day by listening back to these episodes.
Source: Wednesday Holmes / @hellomynameiswednesday for NPR

For the past 32 years, LGBTQ Americans have celebrated sharing who they are with family, friends and colleagues on Oct. 11.

Coming out is a lot different today than it was in 1988, when National Coming Out Day started. But it remains challenging

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