Re: 'Coming Out'
Originally Posted by
Patsy
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I know - I'm havin' a right moan today, but why - do we have to keep hearing about another sportsman-woman or celeb - 'coming out'.
Gays are well accepted now - so why do they keep on about it - huh ?
Well they don't
keep on about it do they? If they are
coming out then it is the first time they have mentioned it in public.
All it illustrates is that people feel safer about acknowledging their sexuality, a far cry from the days when '
pooftah bashing' held the status of an Olympic sport. Isn't that a good thing?
Just think of the state Britain might be in today if Alan Turing had not been hounded to his death by authorities and public opinion but had been celebrated for the genius he was.