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How To Be Gay: 4 Lessons I'm Still Learning

How To Be Gay: 4 Lessons I'm Still Learning

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Matthew Paul Turner
Mar 18, 2025
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Five years.

It’s almost been 5 years since I came out. I can hardly believe that. At times, it feels like it’s flown by and other times it feels like I’ve lived a 1000 years since 2020 happened. I think that’s true for many of us considering the pandemic happened. But in these last 5 years, I’ve learned a lot. And some of those lessons are things I’m still learning. Here are 5 of the lessons that I have to keep processing, keep working through in order to hold on to their truths.

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