Outg gay people isn't jt cel. It's dangero.
Contents:
- AGREE WH PETER THIEL OR NOT, GAWKER ACTED IRRPONSIBLY BY OUTG GAY PEOPLE FOR YEARS
- ‘YOUNG GAY PEOPLE BEG OUT AND HAPPY? IT’S REVOLUTNARY!’ MEET THE HEARTSTOPPER GENERATN
AGREE WH PETER THIEL OR NOT, GAWKER ACTED IRRPONSIBLY BY OUTG GAY PEOPLE FOR YEARS
* outing gay people *
Comg out, pecially if you have a supportive muny to lean on, n brg emotnal benefs and even help lower the levels of rtisol, a strs, on the other hand, tak away the power of those who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer (or qutng), or others (LGBTQ+) to tell their own story. Transgenr youths, specifilly, are twice as likely to thk about suici or attempt , pared to cisgenr lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and qutng youths. Bisexual men and women, lbians, gay men, and transgenr people are all at higher risks for vlence and jury om vlence pared to cisgenr people.
The 1997 edy In & Out: In this movie, Kev Kle stars as a small-town teacher who gets outed on natnal TV and then to terms wh his own unregnized gay inty. The Amerin televisn seri The Office “Gay Wch Hunt” episo: Osr Martez is outed by his boss, Michael Stt. The Sefeld episo: The Outg: Jerry Sefeld and Gee Costanza are falsely outed by a reporter after Gee and Elae Ben unknowgly fool the reporter to thkg Jerry and Gee are a gay uple.
‘YOUNG GAY PEOPLE BEG OUT AND HAPPY? IT’S REVOLUTNARY!’ MEET THE HEARTSTOPPER GENERATN
Comg out is a procs and n be a difficult time for someone bee of discrimatn, homophobia, or potential margalizatn om their fai and muny at large. The Trevor Project is a natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng young people. Joe Hardg, a Republin state reprentative Florida, troduced legislatn—dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill—that rtricts discsn on genr inty and sexual orientatn schools and perms parents to sue teachers.
LGBTQ+ stunts & alli who need support n ntact The ACLU, TheTrevorProject, The Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Natnal Hotle, Trans Lifele, PLFAG, & Please Stay. For Thiel, this seems to be part a personal csa: Gawker outed him as a gay man back 2007, so he has some experience wh what the media anizatn is pable of.
And 's a major ncern that, as a gay man, I have heard om nearly every LGBTQ person I have personally teracted wh my life. I was aaid not only that whoever I told would reject me but that they would turn around and e the knowledge of my gayns to make other people reject me. It was perfectly reasonable my secure teenage md that I would quickly bee the lghgstock of the entire school and my fay if anyone found out I was gay.