"Hiding is a progressive habit." - Morgana Bailey
To start Morgana Bailey is a TED speaker, I
recently watched her speech in the LGBT section of TED. As I explored TED I
realized the amount of important topics that they cover. When I selected LGBT,
I was instantly taken away by Morgana Bailey's speech. Morgana told the viewers
during her speech that she was a Lesbian. She explains that from a young age
that she was different. She dressed differently, she acted differently, and
however she hid her identity from the world because she was afraid of how they
would label her as an individual. Morgana explains in her speech that
"Hiding is a progressive habit" and that hiding your true identity
from the world is more damaging than reveling who you truly are. Morgana continues
to speak about how "Coming Out" is a different experience for
everyone, those who live in large cities tend to be use to homosexuals, but for
those like Morgana from a small town, it tends to be a much harder thing to
face.
I found this TED talk really interesting; being gay
myself I have faced many of her struggles and many struggles I still face. For
starters I hid whom I really was till about the end of High School. I was
afraid of what my parents would think, what my school would think and my friends.
I regret waiting so long to be truthful to myself and I can see through
Morgana's speech that I am not the only one who has suffered with this form of
identity crisis. Being gay does not mean I should hide from the world that I
am. Morgana explains that she did not want to be defined as a Lesbian, or as
"Someone’s Lesbian friend." She just wanted to be known as
Morgana.
What I find beyond amazing about Morgana's journey in finding herself,
is that when she did finally come out and was strong enough to stand up and
define her mistakes by hiding who she thoroughly was. Not only did she stand up
against the hate, but also she stood up and admitted her mistakes for waiting
16 years to show who she truly was on the inside.
View Morgana's Inspirational Messaged here: TED
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