Nile Rodgers: Diana Ross didn't know 'I'm Comg Out' was 'a gay thg'

Contents:

• COMG OUT GAY STEP-BY-STEP
• NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’
• HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
• DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS
• HOW TO COME OUT AS GAY OR LBIAN
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

COMG OUT GAY STEP-BY-STEP

"I'm Comg Out, " om Diana Ross's Diana album, is perhaps the apex of gay anthems. "She didn't unrstand that that was a gay thg, that that was a person sayg, 'I'm g out of the closet, '" said Rodgers. "Rodgers said he ultimately nvced Ross to sg the track, argug would make the perfect opener for an entertaer, addn to tablishg her as one of the greatt gay ins.

Other LGBTQ people who may share the experience of g out Q Chat Space (Live chat, facilated, LGBTQ+ onle discsn groups) Tsted LGBTQ adults that you may already know, such as fay members or teachers Straight people who are alli to LGBTQ people A Gay/Straight Alliance at your school LGBTQ anizatns such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Trevor Project, and Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) A lol LGBTQ muny center. Not everyone liv a place that has a Gay/Straight Alliance their school, or an LGBTQ muny center. Comg out gay refers to the procs of acceptg one's own sexualy and embracg , followed by disclosg to fay, iends and -workers.

Due to different amounts of social and fay prsur that surround each dividual, g out gay is different each stance. Although beg gay do not fe a person, is nohels a new part of that person's life. The dividual do not have to pletely alter their personaly, they are still who they are, but when you e out gay, do provi an opportuny to:.

NILE RODGERS: DIANA ROSS DIDN’T KNOW ‘I’M COMG OUT’ WAS ‘A GAY THG’

Oftentim when a person out gay, they feel isolated and different regardls of where they live and who they surround themselv wh. There are many gay support groups, anizatns, rourc and foms one n go to orr to al wh this strs. The clu gay muny centers and gay onle muni, where one n fd others alg wh siar issu who n offer some support.

Any person who has e out gay has alt wh a certa amount of strs alg wh the reactn of his or her loved on.

HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY

If a person's fay do not take kdly to the news, they should try to te their fay regardg their liftyle and maybe seek out a support program at a lol gay muny center. The one mon theme that seems to be prent amongst all dividuals who e out gay is the liberatn of no longer havg to lie or hi the tth.

Homosexual inti n be scribed as closeted, homosexually self aware, gay/ lbian and non-gay intified. As gay people mt ci on a daily basis whether to reveal and to whom they will reveal, g out is a procs that never the jargon of ntemporary homosexual culture, those who hi their sexual inti are referred to as eher closeted or said to be the closet.

Clil experience wh gay patients reveals hidg and revealg behavrs to be psychologilly plex. Homosexual IntiIn the velopmental histori of gay men and women, perds of difficulty acknowledgg their homosexualy, eher to themselv or to others, are often reported. Children who grow up to be gay rarely receive fay support alg wh antihomosexual prejudic.

DIANA ROSS DIDN'T KNOW 'I'M COMG OUT' WAS A 'GAY THG,' ACRDG TO PRODUCER NILE RODGERS

On the ntrary, begng childhood--and distguishg them om racial and ethnic mori--gay people are often subjected to the antihomosexual attus of their own fai and muni (Drcher et al., 2004). Antihomosexual attus clu homophobia (Weberg, 1972), heterosexism (Herek, 1984), moral nmnatns of homosexualy (Drcher, 1998) and antigay vlence (Herek and Berrill, 1992).

Hidg activi learned childhood often persist to young adulthood, middle age and even sencence, leadg many gay people to nceal important aspects of themselv. Closeted dividuals equently nnot acknowledge to themselv, let alone to others, their homoerotic feelgs, attractns and fantasi.

Their homosexualy is so unacceptable that mt be kept out of nsc awarens and nnot be tegrated to their public persona. Consequently, the feelgs mt be dissociated om the self and hidn om and when same-sex feelgs and attractns n no longer be kept out of nscns, the dividual be homosexually self-aware. Individuals to whom this happens n acknowledge some aspect of their homosexualy to themselv.

HOW TO COME OUT AS GAY OR LBIAN

While homosexually self-aware people might nsir acceptg and tegratg the feelgs to their public persona, acceptance is not a pre-termed oute. For example, a relig, homosexually self-aware man may choose a celibate life to avoid what, for him, would be the problematic tegratn of his relig and sexual inti. Individuals who are eher nscly prepared to act on their homoerotic feelgs or to reveal a homosexual inty to others ually fe themselv as gay or lbian.

Others may e out to people they have met the gay muny while keepg their gay inty separate om the rt of their liv.

The people have experienced homosexual self-awarens, may have acted on their feelgs, and may have even once intified as gay or lbian. While regnizg their homosexual feelgs, the dividuals reject the feelgs and, spe the low odds of succs, may even seek to change their sexual orientatn (Shidlo et al., 2001) above classifitn of homosexual inti privileg the role of self-fn.

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

Consequently, when dividuals bee homosexually self-aware, there is a wi range of psychosocially nstcted attus and rpons they may velop toward their own homosexualy. For example, a homosexually self-aware man may ially intify himself as gay but then regret that cisn and return to his earlier practic of hidg. Another may choose a non-gay inty, attempt a "sexual nversn" therapy, but then later ci to accept his homosexual feelgs and e out.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Clil prentatns of closeted gay people may lie somewhere severy between selective attentn--most monly seen the se of homosexually self-aware patients thkg about "the possibily" that they might be gay--to more severe dissociatn-- which any ht of same-sex feelgs ris totally out of nsc awarens. More severe forms of dissociatn are monly observed married men who are homosexually self-aware but nnot perm the thought of themselv as gay (Roughton, 2002) and the ClosetSome closeted gay people n reflexively speak whout revealg the genr of the person beg discsed or whout providg any genred tails of their personal liv. " Toward that end, a gay person might avoid referenc to genr altogether: "I went out last night wh someone I've been datg for the last few weeks.