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coming out

process of disclosing one's sexual orientation or other identity attributes
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Summary

coming out ranks in the top 0.98% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,833 views/month, #762 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: planned process[2], disclosure[3]
  • Opposite of: closeted[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Coming out[5]
  • Facet of: sexual orientation[6], gender identity[7], self-discovery[8], self-acceptance[9]
  • Described by source: Gender Glossar[10], Red Blue Translator[11]
  • Different from: outing[12]
  • Social media followers: 85,519[13]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: sexual orientation[14]

Why It Matters

coming out has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → outing
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007541847205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 24w ago · DaddyCell · 2026-04-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → planned process, disclosure
    Opposite of → closeted
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → sexual orientation
    Topic's main category → Category:Coming out
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies"
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