Coming Out, Growing Up, and Moving On. My experiences so far, and where I think the future is headed as a gay person in the southern states. It has been an interesting few years since I initially came out. Living in the south, I of course have to worry about people discriminating against me, even my own family if they were to find out, but I have been very fortunate in that all my friends have been accepting of what I am. Who can I tell about this? .