12-27-2011, 03:56 AM
gfxtwin Wrote:Obviously this would be after getting to know someone as a friend. I should have been more clear. I wouldn't want to out some random gay guy at a party where he might have some, say, homophobic relatives present.
I'm just sayin', if a member of your group is gay but closeted, what's wrong with (among friends) acknowledging that you know their real identity and you support it? To me that's like extending a hand out.
If you privately acknowledge his sexuality, that's between you and him and doesn't really qualify as "outing" in my mind.
To me, outing someone is making a public statement without considering what impact it has on the subject.
Maybe you're talking about something else besides outing someone.