Coming Out picturesAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 38 image entries
Contest Directions: 
October 11 is the National Coming Out Day day in the United States.
This special day is celebrated by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities and their supporters. The holiday was established in 1988 with a gay and lesbian parade in Washington DC, where some half a million people participated. Despite the name, this holiday is observed not just in the United States but also internationally. United Kingdom celebrates this day on October 12.
In (belated) celebration of the National Coming Out day, photoshop celebrities (and politicians, famous characters) as gays, lesbian, or transgender (changing their gender). We are sure there are so many of them than just can't wait to come out of the closet - let's help them. Note: by "celebrities" (in this contest as well as in any other FN celebrity contest), we normally mean any human celebrity, famous person (historical, etc.), fictional characters (Yoda, Shrek), figures from famous works of art (e.g. Mona Lisa, Venus De Milo), so don't be afraid to use them. Please make sure your entries are Safe For Work.
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Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1
Started: 10/18/2008 6:00:00 PM, Ended: 10/21/2008 6:00:00 PM
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| | Coming-out is a process of open and voluntary confession by person about his belonging to sexual or gender minority or result of such process.
Coming-out process:
Erickson mentioned that a person passes through eight specific stages, resolving concrete psychological issues, during his mental growth process. He asserted that integration of sexuality in entire image “I” during formation of mental identity is extremely important for mental health of a person. At the same time, Erickson states that this formation is complex process of interaction between personality and society. Analyzing this work, psychotherapist Dominic Davis confirms: “Since identity formation of gays and lesbians in society burdened by homophobia proceeds in many respects differently than for heterosexuals, their mental growth indicates integration of stigmatized sexualities in their image.. I..”.
Since the end of 1970s, researchers have formulated various psychological models of coming-out processes (Grace, 1977; de Monteflores, Schultz, 1978; Kimmel, 1978; Cass, 1979; Troiden, 1979; Woodman, Lenna, 1980; Coleman, 1981-82; MacDonald, 1982; Minton, MacDonald, 1983-84; Troiden, 1989). In particular, American sociologist Richard Troydon suggested the following four phases for describing the formation process of sexual identity of homosexual:
* Foreboding the differences from other people, arising in person before sexual maturity;
* Apprehension in heterosexual identity, occurring in teenage;
* Acceptance of nonconventional identity, which could & couldn’t have reached the view of hostile social installations;
* Identification of self as representative of sexual minorities, establishing connection between sexuality & emotionality, integration of sexuality into an image “I”.
Since specific “reasons” for sexual identity formation of homosexuals could not be ascertained, coming-out process itself & its theoretical substantiations could be branded as contentious debate: not a single developed model could be considered as comprehensive. Nevertheless, they converge in one: process is not linear & the person can simultaneously solve several psychological problems, pertaining to different stages of process.
Realization of proper orientation
Coming-out can be anticipated by uncertainty period, when person considers that his sexual orientation, behavior or sense of attachment towards opposite sex are not a transient “phase” or rejects these feelings for religious or moral motives.
Arguing about the appropriateness of coming out by person after realizing proper orientation, sexologist M. Beilkin, asserts:
“What ever concerns to “self-disclosure” (or “revealing”) as refusal from compelled masking, then necessity of such step is not always evident. It is not appropriate to push gays towards him; sometimes, it can sometimes turn out to be a trouble. Hardly suitable, say, public confession of own homosexuality in prison conditions”.
Psychological & social problems of coming out
Coming out is a difficult process, can have both positive as well as negative social & physiological consequences for coming-out individual. In this connection, people, who had already undergone the coming out process and defined which behavior is least traumatic for a person & his accomplices by trial & error method, have tried to generalize this experience in the form of recommendations. In books, published by American organization under the name “Parents & friends of Lesbians & Gays” (PFLAG), it is not recommended, particularly, to plan coming-out during holidays & other stressful situations, for example, during quarrels.
Usually, coming out is not a single-stage, but gradual, developing process. In majority of cases, sexologists recommend to “reveal” at first to a close trust-worthy friend or to a family member, and then take some respite, waiting a little bit with further recognitions. Orientation of some persons is known at work but do not suspect it in family or vice versa. Nevertheless, actually, coming out is not settled by one-time recognition to one person or group of people.
Some researchers found out that degree of openness of person about orientation in different vital situations is connected by direct image with absence of stresses and neurosis in him.
National Coming-out Day
According to opinion of American LGBT-organization “Campaign for human rights”, consistent and organized way of realizing the coming-out concept in entire society is so called “National Coming-out Day”. It is celebrated every year on October 11. Initially, celebrating “coming-out day” was confined only to USA but later on it spread across to other countries worldwide. According to organizers, it allows to reduce the possible negative consequences of coming-out both for mentality of relatives, accomplices & friends of person & for the person himself. |
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