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- From: markm@ogicse.ogi.edu (Mark Morrissey)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Tips for coming out to friends?
- Message-ID: <49008@ogicse.ogi.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:15:43 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ogicse.49008
- References: <1993Jan21.035753.5353@Princeton.EDU>
- Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1993Jan21.035753.5353@Princeton.EDU> dem@cs.princeton.edu (Doron Meyer) writes:
- >Hello again everyone.
- >
- >I'm starting to contemplate coming out selectively to very
- >close friends. However, I want to make sure to do it right,
- >as I can't undo things if I screw them up.
-
- There are lots of ways to do this and, depending upon your personality,
- some of the suggestions will be more or less appropriate for you. I
- have taken to wearing a small pink triangle (now that the No on 9
- campaign is over). Some people ask about the triangle and they get a
- direct and honest reply ("It means I'm gay"). The interesting thing is
- that I have made more friends by wearing this one small piece of
- jewelry - especially at the grocery store. Some of my friends just
- kept stealing glances at it until I finally said something like "Oh, I
- see that you like my triangle. Care to know what it signifies?" One or
- two have gotten treated to a "Boy! Some days it is just so hard being
- queer." My division manager found out when I brought my boyfriend to a
- party while wearing a "No on 9, Love See No Gender" t-shirt.
-
- I suggest that you be inventive and don't worry too much. If they are
- your friends they won't go running and screaming into the night. If
- they are observant, they might even say "it's about time you figured
- that out." Most of my family responded with "we always suspected but
- didn't know how to ask." Most of my friends have responded with "do
- you have a boyfriend?"
-
- Now, since you are worried about doing it wrong, I suggest that you
- don't walk into the room wearing commando gear, brandishing a machete
- screaming "Die breeder! die! This fag ain't gonna take it anymore!"
- Of course, it might work for you.
-
- --mark
- --
- Mark Morrissey One Hatred to rule them all. One Hatred to find them.
- markm@cse.ogi.edu One Hatred to bring them all and in the darkness bind
- them. In the land of Bigotry where the Shadows lie.
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