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One of the things that I miss about my time at Stanford is that in every class I was in, we had the most amazing discussions about some pretty heavy topics ranging from religion, sexuality, gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, the list goes on. In my life now, I don’t have those too often. Many times, I think this is because these types of “triggering” topics as we’d call them now are confusing, hard and many times personal and deeply felt. I believe that when you come to a place of mutual respect and understanding you can and should be able to communicate, through understanding someone else’s viewpoint. What I’m about to discuss is one of those topics – coming out.