By Fitting In Have You Left the Best Parts of You In The Closet?

Darren Stehle
Think Queerly
Published in
6 min readJan 28, 2018

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One of my biggest realizations from reading The Velvet Rage by Alan Downs was that my success in life is directly related to my experience of having grown up in the closet.

The truth is I’m not afraid of success. Rather, I sometimes shy away from other people SEEING me as successful! I have been successful in many areas of my life and I’m aware of the…

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