While this seems like a decent method for coming out, it’s probably best to couch it as a suggestion rather than a prescription.

As you argue not a few sentences earlier, all our coming out experiences are highly individualised. Not everyone has a supportive friend-group as a kid, or lives in a situation where they can assemble one for that purpose if they do. I certainly couldn’t have.

I’d argue that, as people who’ve gone through our own experiences of coming out (and in the spirit of your core argument), we should provide a range of strategies our younger counterparts can adapt for their own use.