According to a 2023 global survey of adults across 30 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, nearly 1 in 10 adults identifies as LGBTQIA+, and that’s just the people who have come out. First celebrated in the United States in 1988, National Coming Out Day was initially grounded in the feminist and gay liberation spirit, and the emphasis on the most basic form of activism being coming out to family, friends, and colleagues, and living life openly as a gay, lesbian or transgender individual.