I had practiced over and over the words I would use to “come out.” Yet, each time the clumsy Chinese words echoed through my mind: Mama… Wǒ yě xǐhuān nǚhái (I also like girls,) there was never a feasible response to bounce back in reply. I literally had no idea where my parents stood on the topic of LGBTQ+ acceptance.

Writer Elizabeth Tzagournis writes on coming out as a Greek Orthodox Christian. It doesn’t end the way you might think.