# @csucollegian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DBH0mR9vLwo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24029338-csucollegian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-14T23:00:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Rocky Mountain Collegian (@CSUCollegian) — https://gondola.cc/CSUCollegian

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When Cesar Chavez, Eleanor Smeal and Jesse Jackson led the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987, they probably did not know the ripple it would have for generations to come.

What happened 35 years ago on Oct. 11 is now commemorated as National Coming Out Day, a reminder to the LGBTQIA+ community of strength, vulnerability and authenticity to commemorate the person one truly is. 

“Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, but we call it Coming Into Queerness Day,” said Josh Mack, assistant director of the Pride Resource Center at Colorado State University. “Coming out often is about, like, expressing yourself to others, … whereas coming into queerness is more about, like, your individual journey coming to terms, like, with your authenticity and your identities, so that’s what we're out here celebrating today.”

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