"Coming out." The phrase alone may arouse feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, pride, doubt, or excitement. When You're Ready: Coming Out explains why the process is such a significant aspect of living life as an LGBTQ person and how to make the experience positive and right for you. This book includes practical information and insight from leading national organizations that provide support, services, and advocacy for LGBTQ youth, including the Human Rights Campaign, PFLAG, GLAAD, and The Trevor Project. You will learn helpful new terms, meet people who likely share very similar experiences, and gain answers on coming out selectively at home, school, work, and elsewhere. Most importantly, you will know definitively that you are not alone. Across the world, millions of people identify as LGBTQ, and most of them started just as you are now: reading a book or other material to help them better understand themselves and explore how to share their sexual orientation and/or gender identity with loved ones, friends, and acquaintances so they could be accepted just as they are.