Comments on: FBI: Anti-gay crimes up in 2008 http://goqnotes.com/4543/fbi-anti-gay-crimes-up-in-2008/ north carolina south carolina lgbt arts entertainment news views Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://goqnotes.com/4543/fbi-anti-gay-crimes-up-in-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-24488 David Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:54:07 +0000 http://www.q-notes.com/?p=4543#comment-24488 Baxter told Lauer she was speaking out because several gossip outlets had stories about her in the works. “I did not want some tabloid to take the story and make it up. I wanted it to be in my own words.” Once again we have a quasi-famous person coming out to head off news reports of their same sex attraction. This always begs the question "would you have come out if an outing was not in the works"? My opinion is, no, they would have remained in the closet and leading the general public into assumong they were straight but un-attached. When will people in Hollywood, the NBA, ACC, NASCAR and all other entertainment venues finally have the conviction and courage to stand up and be counted as members of the LGBT community instead of "playing it straight", thereby showing America that "our people" are the same as their brother/sisteraunt/uncle/cousin or the John Doe down the street? Baxter told Lauer she was speaking out because several gossip outlets had stories about her in the works. “I did not want some tabloid to take the story and make it up. I wanted it to be in my own words.”

Once again we have a quasi-famous person coming out to head off news reports of their same sex attraction. This always begs the question “would you have come out if an outing was not in the works”? My opinion is, no, they would have remained in the closet and leading the general public into assumong they were straight but un-attached.

When will people in Hollywood, the NBA, ACC, NASCAR and all other entertainment venues finally have the conviction and courage to stand up and be counted as members of the LGBT community instead of “playing it straight”, thereby showing America that “our people” are the same as their brother/sisteraunt/uncle/cousin or the John Doe down the street?

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