How out is "out" in your book?

[Kaybee]

I dont agree that you need to tell everyone you are gay, why should you, does everybody else feel the need to Announce they are straight.
Being openly gay to me means just being exactly who I am with everybody, for some reason people feel the need to ask if I am gay,which I find somewhat bizarre.So when I say "Ofcourse", that usually puts them back a bit, because I could/should just say yes. They often reply with "I thought so", again a strange way to think in my opinion. Then I usually ask them , "Are you straight",,,,when they answer "Yes" I then reply , "I thought so".
My point being that I dont judge people on their sexual preferences, colour or religion, so I would hope nobody does that with me.
I work in what can be described as a very heterosexual male dominated industry,but find that I am remarkably weel liked by all and have a reputation for saying everything like it is, suppose having been rapidly promoted over most of my co workers has also given them cause to stop and think that maybe a gay guy is just as hard working , dedicated and even tough as they all are.