Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 4:28
Coming out is a lifelong process, it doesn't just happen overnight
Sometimes even when people like myself didn't realize that I was nonbinary, I look back and realize that there was lots of kind of flags, like highlighting that, the kind of feelings of thoughts or even comments that I've made behaviors, trying to hide my body, trying to kind of mimic other people to try and fit in when I didn't feel like I did. And all of those things
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 3:08
And that's really why the story never ends in a lot of ways. I think through each experience, through each relationship, through each year we live, we add on parts of ourselves, and we let go of this stuff that doesn't work. So it's definitely iterative. And over time, it's just you hope that by the time you leave this Earth, you are fully experienced and well defined. How's that? It's a great question
And I think that's really like, the most important thing that I'm hearing from this is that it was on his terms and similar to what you're explaining in his case, he was a part of such a Broady movie series. I guess you would say I'm sure there was some pressure coming from that side of things
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 1:32
But for some people, it just isn't needed or a big thing, and everyone comes out in their own way in their own time. And I was very excited to read the article today. So thank you for bringing it to Swell and for highlighting that has just come up in the news. Thank you
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 2:07
But with Jackson being a swimmer and he finally puts up the courage after a very long time and quite difficult time of trying to tell his parents that he doesn't think that is going to be potentially the career he wants to go down. He wants to experience other things. And that does bring up a bit of a difficult conversation between and his parents, especially one of his mums, who is the person who does a lot of his training with him. So, yeah