For Sexual-Minority Individuals Who Proceed Through All of the Steps

For sexual-minority individuals who proceed through all of the steps of the coming-out process, which of the following steps is final?

A) preference for social interaction with other sexual- minority individuals
B) disclosure to heterosexual family and friends
C) feelings of ambivalence about same-sex attractions
D) establishment of a long-term same-sex partner
E) feelings of pride in themselves and their sexual community