Word: closeting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Most people who know me well at Harvard assume I was out in high school. But instead of standing behind a table of rainbow ribbons last year on National Coming Out Day, I was hiding in a closet. My high school was and is ripe with homophobia. “That’s so gay” and “you’re such a fag” were commonplace pejoratives in the dorms and on the sports fields. It was not until the very end of my senior year that I de facto came...
...that I am interning for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) I have noticed more than ever that people are not always as you expect them to be. In less than a year, I have gone from being in the closet to being lambasted by national conservative newspapers for transgender activism on behalf of the BGLTSA. The word “gay” for me has changed from a shameful denial of my sexuality to a proud celebration...
...designed to evoke pre-Castro Cuba, complete with carved wood and bamboo details, salsa music and free Cuban coffee. Customers can browse through a selection of Cuban-inspired home furnishings and accessories, including pillows, candles and books. "People are realizing this is nothing like what they have in their closet," says Rodriguez. "They're ready to add a little Tabasco to their wardrobe...
...project like your next book, Green River, Running Red? This one is so different, because it was 21 years before Gary Ridgway [was found guilty of] at least 48 murders. I saved everything. Instead of having towels and sheets in my linen closet, I've had tapes and letters and pictures and maps. People who have gone to school with Gary Ridgway, girls who have dated his brother, women who have lived with him call...
...unlike his Brooks Brothers-wearing classmates, Bosco will only have one blue suit in his closet, courtesy of the United States Navy...