The Comg-Out Speech Act: It's OK, Jodie, Sayg 'I'm Gay' Is Optnal | HuffPost Voic

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• THE COMG-OUT SPEECH ACT: IT'S OK, JODIE, SAYG 'I'M GAY' IS OPTNAL
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• PROCEEDGS OF THE 1ST ANNUAL INTERNATNAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUTN (ICNSSE 2020)HOMEPREFACEARTICLTHORSSSNSANIZERSPUBLISHG RMATN<PREV ARTICLE IN VOLUMENEXT ARTICLE IN VOLUME>THE REPRENTATIVE SPEECH MOL OF GAY COMG OUT: PRAGMATIC STUDY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’
• BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT SPEECH, STUNNG SOME FAY. 'PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD'

THE COMG-OUT SPEECH ACT: IT'S OK, JODIE, SAYG 'I'M GAY' IS OPTNAL

” While the praise and cricism builds, we wanted to take a look back at other spirg g out speech — moments where people the public eye discsed beg gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr, or supported the e and importance of g out. Zachary QutoIn 2010, Star Trek actor Zachary Quto rerd an “It Gets Better” vio as part of The Trevor Project to show his support to stgglg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng youth.

An 8-week stt the play Angels Ameri and the risg number of gay teen suicis prompted a heartfelt note on his webse:“In light of [Jamey Romeyer’s] ath — beme clear to me an stant that livg a gay life whout publicly acknowledgg — is simply not enough to make any signifint ntributn to the immense work that li ahead on the road to plete equaly. Our society needs to regnize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivol civil equaly for every gay lbian bisexual and transgenred [sic] cizen of this untry… I believe the power of tentn to change the landspe of our society — and is my tentn to live an thentic life of passn and tegry and actn. Anrson Cooper“The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I uldn’t be any more happy, fortable wh myself, and proud, ” Anrson Cooper recently said an email to iend and wrer Andrew Sullivan.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

” His letter sparked a healthy nversatn about rights to privacy and the importance of gay role SykComedian Wanda Syk gave a spired g out speech durg a round of protts agast California’s Prop 8:“I got married October 25. Everybody who knows me personally, they know I’m gay. Instead of havg gay marriage California, no, we’re gonna have gay marriage across the untry.

When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage also regnized Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York… I’m proud to be a woman, I’m proud to be a black woman and I’m proud to be gay. “The years silence and reflectn ma me stronger and remd me that acceptance has to e om wh and that this kd of tth giv me the power to nquer emotns I didn’t even know existed… I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. “I am happy to dispel any mors or misnceptns and am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man livg my life to the fullt and feel most fortunate to be workg wh wonrful people the bs I love, ” he told the magaze.

PROCEEDGS OF THE 1ST ANNUAL INTERNATNAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUTN (ICNSSE 2020)HOMEPREFACEARTICLTHORSSSNSANIZERSPUBLISHG RMATN<PREV ARTICLE IN VOLUMENEXT ARTICLE IN VOLUME>THE REPRENTATIVE SPEECH MOL OF GAY COMG OUT: PRAGMATIC STUDY

We mt ntue to speak out, and most importantly, most importantly, every gay person mt e out.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

In the black muny they thk you n pray the gay away. “I am talkg about gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people, ” Clton stated. You probably know what means to “e out” as gay.

In my 2020 book“Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are, ”, I explore the history of this term, om the earlit days of the gay rights movement, to today, when has been adopted by other movements. In the late 19th and early 20th century, gay subculture thrived many large Amerin ci.

Gay men spoke of “g out” to gay society – borrowg the term om butante society, where ele young women me out to high society. A 1931 news article the Baltimore Ao-Amerin referred to “the g out of new butant to homosexual society. The 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s wnsed a growg backlash agast this visible gay world.

HARVEY MILK’S GAY FREEDOM DAY SPEECH: ANNOTATED

In rponse, gay life beme more secretive. The Mattache Society, the earlit important anizatn of what was known as the homophile movement – a precursor of the gay rights movement – took s name om myster medieval figur masks. In this ntext, g out meant acknowledgg one’s sexual orientatn to onelf and to other gay people.

Kg” or “gay” – that uld be ed mixed pany to signate someone as homosexual.

The term “gay” was origally borrowed om the slang of women prostut, when they ed the word to refer to women their profsn.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

Of urse, “gay” was ultimately “outed” when the gay rights movement adopted followg the Stonewall Rebelln 1969.

It was subsequently memorated an annual march known today as “gay pri. At the first Gay Liberatn March New York Cy June 1970, one of the anizers stated that “we’ll never have the eedom and civil rights we serve as human begs unls we stop hidg closets and the shelter of anonymy. By the end of the 1960s, queer people who pretend to be heterosexual were said to be “ the closet” or labeled a “closet se” or, the se of gay men, “closet queens.

For stance, 1978, his mpaign to feat a California iative that would have banned gay teachers om workg state public schools, openly gay elected ernment official Harvey Milk urged people to “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are. Milk gambled that if queer people told their iends they were gay, Californians would realize that they had iends, workers and fay members who were gay and – out of solidary – would oppose the proposn. In the 1980s, the gay and lbian rights movement radilized rponse to the Christian right and AIDS epimic.

KEV SPACEY DEFENDS COMG OUT AS GAY AFTER BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT: ‘I WAS UNR A LOT OF PRSURE’

Activists ed the mantra “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are” to mand that people clare their homosexualy. The g out narrative beme a re of passage, somethg to be shared wh others, and the centerpiece of gay liberatn movements. Its members wore T-shirts Day-Glo lors wh slogans such as “PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY.

As ttimony of this shift, today, marriage equaly is the law of the land, the popular TV edy “Morn Fay” featur a gay uple and one of the leadg ndidat for the Democratic printial ticket, Pete Buttigieg, is a gay man. To be sure, homophobia and transphobia are still alive and well. By g the term “g out, ” she impli that beg fat is like beg gay – and that, jt as homophobia is morally wrong, so too is “fatphobia.

Some of the most difficult and important cisns life for lbian, gay, bi and trans people relate to g out. Beg hont about who you are and not feelg the need to hi behd a secret inty is to many people a huge weight lifted off their be easier to meet other people wh siar feelgs and over time n have a posive effect on all aspects of your life, when you are happier and feel that you n be accepted for who you really the cisn to e out as a lbian, gay, bi or trans person n make thk about our own personal journeys and how we n help and rm others to take the first steps to acknowledgg such an important part of our you have e out to one person the procs do not end there, throughout your life you will fd yourself suatns and around people where you feel the need or sire to disclose your sexual orientatn or trans stat. There are lbian, gay, bisexual and trans support anisatns across the world who are there to offer a helpg hand, a iendly ear, and who have vast experience of helpg people jt like prospect of g out n be a sry one for many, and 's important to remember that nobody n dictate your g out apart om yourself.

BYU VALEDICTORIAN OUT SPEECH, STUNNG SOME FAY. 'PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD'

DavidOkay, so I me out pretty late at the age of 25, but I’ve always known I was gay sce I was 12. We make our own fai stead, the streets of gay village bars, queer bookshops and f, onle foms and LGBT chari like this one. Bisexual men face double discrimatn and face rejectn om both straight and gay muni.

That when someone out that we don’t tell them ’s not long until they are gay or tell them how unattractive mak them. I felt a burn that people would judge me, and as a gay man I wasn’t good enough I first me out to my Mum. The valedictorian for the College of Fay, Home, and Social Scienc at BYU, who majored polil science, told the crowd, "I stand before my fay, iends and graduatg class today to say that I am proud to be a gay son of God.