Fearlessly declare your sexual orientation to one's parents, friends, colleagues, children, it is a gesture which, if on the one hand, unfortunately, still today requires courage and pride, on the other it produces personal and social change. The "Coming Out" ("coming out", "declaring oneself") is a fundamental and essential process in the life of an LGBTI person, a gesture that helps to shake off the incrustations of shame and fear to which the homo-transphobic environment has become accustomed: a gesture that does not end in a single phase of life, perhaps the most difficult and critical, but continues in different shapes and sizes throughout life.

In 2012, the survey by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights showed that in Italy only the 8% of LGBTI people was fully "declared": 69% of LGBTI people completely hide their identity at school, 31% in the family, 39% at work. Serenely telling everyone about oneself, without having to select out of fear is still, unfortunately, a luxury which only allows the 4% of LGBTI young men and women at school, the 16% in the family and the 15% at work.

Arcigay has always been committed to encourage the "coming out" not only as a personal gesture of self-love and authenticity, but also to generate a change of perspective, personal and collective, in whoever receives the "declaration". #HoQualcosaDaDirvi is an initiative born and developed with this idea in mind.

The planned actions

#HoSomethingToDirvi is a permanent initiative to promote visibility which is structured as follows:

• A permanent communication campaign on coming out, thanks to a website which collects positive experiences in various life contexts, and resources and materials on coming out;
• A permanent collective mobilization via social media made up of circulation and collection of coming out statements, in photographic or video format, accompanied by the hashtag #hoqualosadadirvi;
• Celebratory initiatives also offline (billboards, flashmobs, etc.) during Coming Out Day, on October 11 of each year, whose calendar will be hosted on the site www.comingoutday.it.

1. Make 3 videos of experiences of people who have done and received the coming out at school, in the family and at work.
   Budget 12,000 euros;
2. Design and distribute a material kit for street flash mobs at thematic events and mobilizations, including Coming Out Day on 11 October.
   Budget 12,000 euros;
3. Create and distribute a vademecum on the Coming Out in the family, at school and in the workplace, for LGBTI people, but also for those who receive the "unveiling".
   Budget 6,000 euros.