About Trey Villagomez

If you're any kind of sitcom fanatic like myself, you'll definitely recognize that headline from Modern Family, which is just a simple, albeit farfetched, segway into my story of coming out of the closet. For the sake of time, that whole story can be summed up into three simple words—I am gay...But since you scrolled this far, I'll also give you the slightly abridged version. 

Growing up in a small town, there tend to be some societal norms, pressures, and stereotypes that arise. Naturally, this had somewhat of an impact on my viewpoint of life. Of course, at the core personality-forming era of life, when I was discovering this portion of myself, my sister came out as lesbian (plot twist!). Fun, family-friendly shows like Modern Family helped give me hope that acceptance would be much easier than I initially thought. Of course, that's not always the case. 

Anyways, being the classic over-thinker I am, I read deeply into all the negative comments and perceptions I saw. Fast forward a rough 12 years later, I began telling my closest friends and eventually worked up the courage to tell the rest of those in my life. While everything did not go according to plan, those years (and years) of thinking really allowed me to help build upon the idea that there is so much more to a person than sexual orientation.  And while that is a major part of someone, it is only a small part of the complex system that makes us great. So here's to the next chapter of living a happy and successful life with a loving partner. I mean, what else could you really ask for?