If Straight People Had to Come Out

November 16, 2014 / Buzzfeed

It’s no secret that we live in a heteronormative society. Just look at the concept of coming out.

Straight people’s sexuality is accepted as fact without question, whereas queer people are either assumed to be something they aren’t or are forced to formally announce their identity at every turn.

But what would it look like if our society was homonormative?

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