For a New Generation of Queer Youth, the Closet Is No Longer Mandatory

Growing up in Colorado in the 1980s, being out of the closet was, for M. Sharkey, “just not a possibility.” “I couldn’t even imagine not being in the closet. I couldn’t imagine being open about my sexuality,” he said. Times have changed, and as LGBTQ Americans have won greater freedoms and protections…

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