Covert Stuttering: Coming Out Of The Closet

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Interesting analogy

From: Jeremy P. Kean U
Date: 18 Oct 2012
Time: 12:43:59 -0500
Remote Name: 131.125.106.118

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I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine the other night. He was telling me about how he used to work in the sports industry and he remained "closeted" while there. I asked him if he would do the same today and he responded that regardless of where he worked, he would keep his sexuality to himself. I challenged him on this, saying how it was important to be open about his sexuality to assist in "mainstreaming" it. He then asked me if I walk around announcing that I'm straight. I told him of course not, it would be ridiculous to do that. I know I am people would just assume it, and if they didn't why would I care? So, his now obvious follow-up question was: why should he have to walk around announcing he was gay? He said that he understood the philosophy behind coming out, but that he feels that he is normal and to announce his sexuality would make it appear as if he was trying to justify something that was abnormal. He explained that this wasn't being closeted, as anyone who knows him knows that he's gay. But by living his life as anyone else would, not announcing he was gay but not hiding it either, he was mainstreaming it in his own way.


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