Fear of victimization for all kinds of reasons keeps a part of virtually every one of us in the closet. We find ourselves in a society which frowns on difference, even while finding it exciting. So we fear exposing ours, hanging out our dirty laundry. It may be the only way. I posit, then, that it s not just transsexuals who need to come clean about themselves, but it s everybody who has a secret.
Secrets are unhealthy.
Secrets become secrets through lies. They force us to violate our own integrity. They place obstacles to understanding between our selves and others. S ecrets are like leeches. They suck our energy, our power, our potential, our happiness.