International Coming Out Explosion?

[ChrissyMaria]

I don't quite know what it is but it seems that in recent times, theres been like an explosion of people coming out to the world, more and more people are becoming comfortable enough to admit their sexual orientation. What's your take on this like near explosion of coming out? Is society really starting to accept Homo/Bi/Trans-Sexuality finally?

[Bearsy]

I thought you were gonna say there was gonna be a set date that everyone is supposed to come out. I was ready to bust some heads, lol. I think it's great, we're increasingly accepting and this is a good thing.

[Minervas Phoenix]

Well I watched rove live and remember him making out with one of the guys off chaser. Not to mention who would you turn gay for. It's pretty safe to say we no longer care much about sexual orientation. Those that still care are becoming the 'fee fee like Clumsies' of yesterday with a carrot stuck up you know where.

[tkdyo]

I agree, I think its only because we are becoming more accepting. It would be funny if there were just more bi or homos being born though. dunno why I would find that funny, just in an ironic way.

[Serkat]

Yeah, today on my way home a guy approached my on the subway and told me that he was bisexual and on his way to the city park to meat random strangers, after his boyfriend broke up with him due to becoming heterosexual. We then proceeded to delve into this topic while I was eating my fries, loudly exchanging thoughts about the nature of sexuality. He then went on to say that his boyfriend was a psychopath anyway, at which point I arrived at my destination location and wished him good luck on his nocturnal endeavors. So yes, guerilla, there seems to be a mass coming-out going on in the world... although it's probably not that special for German standards since the mayor of Berlin is gay anyway.

[dweezil]

hey guerilla...thought you might be interested in this. whiteman is a famous OBE'r and was female identified. i still think it's pretty fucking brave for people to feel free enough to be what they are. it's definitely easier these days to be homosexual, but for people who are trans, it's a million times harder, especially those undergoing medical treatment. Michael Talbot's book The Holographic Universe has this to say about J. H. M. Whiteman: [I]n his 1961 book The Mystical Life, mathematician J. H. M. Whiteman revealed that he experienced at least two [out-of-body experiences] a month and recorded over two thousand such incidents. He also disclosed that he always felt like a woman trapped in a man's body, and during separation this sometimes resulted in his finding himself in female form. Whiteman experienced various other forms as well during his [out-of-body] adventures, including children's bodies, and concluded that beliefs, both conscious and unconscious, were the determining factors in the form the second body assumed. (Emphasis added.)