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For LGBTQ+ Jews, coming out stories differ from person to person, and the story of Denis Victorovich Kurmanov (he/him) is no exception. This week, Denis shares his experience immigrating from Moldova at a young age, the pressure he faced to present as straight, how Judaism strengthened him to come out as gay and work as at organizer in his Jewish community, and even a few samples of his poetry. \\u201cIt was a very slow process of [realizing that]\\u2026if God is love, then why should I not have it [too]?\\u201d Denis says. \\u201cIt was a slow coming out. But\\u2026it was with full vengeance\\u2026and there was no going back. I'd done it all. I'm never going back here. I am!\\u201d (Recorded fall 2019)