Another Reason to Come Out
Filed by: Michael Crawford
October 20, 2008 11:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/another_reason_to_come_out.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/another_reason_to_come_out.php)
Here is another reason that it is so crucial that we as LGBT people live our lives openly and honestly:
I had almost the exact same experience as Jay. It was very easy to use the word "->-bleeped-<-" around my friends--until I started working with gay people. Part of it was youth. (I was just coming into my college years) But a larger part was living in Washington D.C., hanging out in Dupont Circle (it used to be different), working in Adams Morgan, and being forced to see gay cats as actual human beings. "Gay" was no longer an abstract thing--it was, like, my editor who saved my sorry-ass copy--repeatedly.