http://www.thatloserfeeling.com/main/writing/good/comeout.html

    Coming out changes the relationship.  Always.  (always?)
    
    "All the gay men I knew (or, more accurately, I knew I knew) were raging queens."
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^    <-- and that makes ALL the difference

    There's a very real chance that they'll tell other people.



http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/comingout/a/Outed.htm

    People usually feel much more comfortable if they control when and to whom they come out to.
    But they don't always have that luxury.
    


http://www.ohio.edu/lgbt/resources/transcomingout.cfm

    There are FAR more misconceptions about trans people than gay people.