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		<title>Amber Heard: Staying in the closet in Hollywood is a “horribly detrimental lie”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesbian actress Amber Heard has said people in her profession are dissuaded from coming out in Hollywood and end up becoming part of a “detrimental lie”.The Rum Diary star told Women’s Health magazine: “You can’t respect yourself if you’re afraid to be who you are. It requires bravery to do something no one else around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the middle of coming out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[contributed by A Strange Boy My parents are both devout Christians and my sisters and I were both raised in the faith. My father is an ordained minister. My mother stayed home to raise us. It wasn&#8217;t really a traumatic upbringing or anything but it did mean regular church attendance, Vacation Bible School (something my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zachary Quinto is out</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/10/16/zachary-quinto-is-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quinto seems to see himself in transition. He asks if he can record our conversation, for, he explains, “archival purposes … I just find that there’s something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it’s for posterity when I’m 75 … I find that communication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay people are coming out younger</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/10/09/gay-people-are-coming-out-younger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By 14, Matranga, didn&#8217;t want to pretend anymore. So she handed a note to a classmate at Theodore Roosevelt Middle School in Kenner, scrawled with the words, &#8220;Pass it on.&#8221; Inside, she wrote: &#8220;My name is Jeannette Matranga. I am gay and I&#8217;m proud of it. If you have any questions or comments, meet me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Resumes Get Fewer Calls</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/10/06/gay-resumes-get-fewer-calls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a school of thought that it&#8217;s best for everyone to come out in every part of their lives since that&#8217;s the only way things will advance, although I&#8217;ve noticed that proponents of that tend to have jobs where being queer is an asset (like working in LGBT media). I remember going to a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American soldier comes out to his mom and dad, on video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CanuckJacq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell is history. This is what that means: The second video is considerably harder to watch than the first. His mom starts quoting the Bible. Telling his Dad Telling his Mom]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Firefly,&#8217; &#8216;Playboy Club&#8217; actor Sean Maher comes out</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/09/26/firefly-playboy-club-actor-sean-maher-comes-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CanuckJacq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I have these beautiful children and this extraordinary family and to think in any way shape or form that that’s wrong or that there’s shame in that or that there’s something to hide actually turns my stomach.” “What would [my daughter] think if I said, ‘Oh honey, you can’t come with me to work because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Barrowman says &#8220;It&#8217;s 2011 &#8212; get out!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/09/12/john-barrowman-says-its-2011-get-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CanuckJacq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a period before I was in the public eye when I wasn’t out because I was still coming to terms with things. I think a lot of people are in the closet for personal reasons and that’s fine. But if they’re in the closet for a career reason, that’s just stupid. It’s 2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Tape Day</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/06/16/red-tape-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CanuckJacq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story was submitted to us online by Jesse. Most people are born with none to very little baggage; I was born with a sack of it. I came out of the womb covered in red tape.  June 4th 1992 is the day I like to call the “Red tape Day”, But you can just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American politician, Rashad Taylor, comes out</title>
		<link>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/05/31/american-politician-rashad-taylor-comes-out/</link>
		<comments>http://biggaycloset.com/2011/05/31/american-politician-rashad-taylor-comes-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 09:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CanuckJacq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia state Representative Rashad Taylor acknowledged he&#8217;s gay after a man accused him of sexual misconduct.“I&#8217;ve spent the last few days with my family and my friends and my pastor. I needed to sit down with them and tell them what I&#8217;ve come to tell you and my constituents. And that is that I&#8217;m a [...]]]></description>
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