Coming out is a fast-growing global research area with numerous interdisciplinary publications dedicated to its exploration. To contribute to a more organised and concise way of understanding this rapidly expanding field, I introduce a three-lens typology. Based on the systematic categorisation of over 700 publications, coming out research can be viewed via the following three lenses: (1) the different social institutions in which individuals come out, (2) to whom individuals come out, and (3) the content of individuals' coming out. The identified lenses focus on 'coming out in', 'coming out to' and 'coming out as', which adds to current conceptual understandings of 'coming out into' and 'coming out of'. Further, lens 3 demonstrates another usage shift of the coming out terminology. The concept of coming out originally was used outside of sexuality contexts and currently is being used more broadly again. However, in contrast to its original meaning, the new areas of application (e.g., fatness, atheism, illness) are still linked to conceptualisations and experiences of non-normativity. This publication assists students, scholars, and practitioners with navigating the extensive amount of coming out literature. It further illustrates the potential and challenges of coming out research and points towards the future-the if, how and what-of this field.

This Teaching and Learning Guide for the 2022 published article 'An overview of coming out research: Introducing a three-lens typology' comprises six parts: (1) my positioning of the original publication within the wider field of coming out research (see: 'Author's Introduction'), (2) five annotated reading recommendations with a special focus on foundational works for coming out theory (see: 'Author Recommends'), and (3) five annotated online materials -a podcast, a song, two movie scenes, and a video interview -including reflection prompts for deepened instructed and self-instructed learning about coming out (see: 'Online Materials'). Within this publication, I give particular attention to (4) the presentation of pedagogical recommendations for inclusive, sensitive teaching on coming out and LGBT-QIA+ identities, as well as two example syllabi; first, a 1-2 h class on coming out and second, a full 10-20 h seminar on LGBTQIA+ identities through the lens of coming out (see: 'Sample Syllabi'). This is also where I present ten coming out principles, which I consider fundamental for engaging with already existing theory or data on coming out asLGBTQIA+ and for contributing to this field oneself in the future. After (5) an acknowledgment section (see: 'Acknowledgements'), readers can find (6) a bullet point version of this Teaching and Learning Guide (see appendix A.1) as well as three coming out literature overview map templates (see appendix A.2) for in-class exercises and self-study (see: 'Appendix'). | AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTIONComing out, nowadays understood as the disclosure of a non-normative, stigmatised identity, is everywhere. With regard to LGBTQIA+ individuals, we have a National Coming Out Day in October, coming out video trends on social media (e.g. YouTube, TikTok), advice blogs, self-help books, support groups, and websites on coming out, news coverage of celebrities' coming out and, with the increasing representation of LGBTQIA+ characters, also their coming out storylines in movies, television series, and novels. In fact, as I write this Teaching and Learning Guide, newspapers are reporting on a 'mass coming out' of over 120 LGBTQIA+ Catholic Church officials in Germany (24th January 2022).

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