PRIVATE.
I think that part comes. If like you meet someone or when you feel comfortable. I told my mom before I told anyone else. So like take it slow, be comfortable with it, but when you’re ready, it’s gonna feel good to tell people.
You’re not wrong at all, although I could definitely see how it’d be hard in the 80s and in Indiana. Maybe Derleth will give you better opportunities in that way at least.