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Since when is anyone truly honest with anyone?

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life, I felt doomed. I could imagine no path that would allow me to realize my authentic self. I felt the need to lie, even to myself, insisting: I am straight.

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.