Typically it takes ten years from onset of bag symptoms until getting a diagnosis. There is no cure, but the syndrome can be managed, especially with early treatment. Please help raise awareness
That heavily depends where you are, what your support looks like, and of course, what your internal resources are. The point of coming out is both to live your life authentically and to improve all LGBTQ+ people’s safety and fulfillment by improving visibility and thereby acclimate the rest of the world to our existence. I don’t know if it was always a “celebration”—certainly for many of us it has been a fight—but it’s still worthwhile.
Each of us has to evaluate our own risk factors. If coming out of exposes you to more danger than you can sustain, then don’t do it. I have been assaulted (without real injury), been called names, and had death threats. I don’t like those things but I don’t regret being out.
Text of the story for people with non-superhuman vision:
‘It was about the third season. They finished my makeup around 7. I was going over to Stage 16 where we shot the cave scenes. I walked down the long alley between the stages. As I turned the corner I could see way up the other end of the alley another person walking towards me. It was just sunrise. We got closer and closer. Were about 10 feet from each other, and I realized it’s Robin Williams, who was on the lot doing The Birdcage. He sees me and goes, ‘Oh my God, Mr Neelix!’ Then he does this whole routine about what it’s like to be a chef in outer space. The eggs are floating, the pancakes are getting too big!’ a Robin Williams shtick. I had a private performance for like a minute and it was really funny. Then he came up, gave me a big hug and said, 'I love your character, sir.’ Such a sweet, sweet man, I’ll never forget that.
The basic measure is “accuracy”: the percentage of moves that are the best move for that position. Computers are, as you would expect, inhumanly good on this measure. Better than the best human players, who will have “inaccuracies” even in their best-played games. It makes spotting cheaters pretty reliable and easy. Niemann has been busted for cheating online repeatedly, and analysis of his in-person play bears the same hallmarks.