Hello I'm from Germany and I'm writing a term paper for school about coming out. I am doing this in English because I had bilingual class for the last four years. In german, coming out is devided into two phases: the interior and the exterior outing. But I am not sure if these are the correct terms in English and if coming out even is devided into these two phases in the English literature. Thank you for any help!
No. Its a good idea though, maybe change to coming out intrinsically (to self) and extrinsically (to others).