Group photo of people standing together at an NSA-NYC event, smiling toward the camera. Photo credit: John DeMato

STEP 3: BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY

I thought I invented hiding. I didn’t have language for it. I just had strategies. Tucking part of me away. Blending in. Overcompensating. And I honestly thought I was alone. The only one hiding anything. Then, in a random Walgreens in New York City, I met a woman with the same little hand. We talked…