Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families.
I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out.
Gay people - generally speaking - have a responsibility to our own community and to future generations of gay people to come out, if and when we feel that we can.
Coming out to gays is a way of affirming sanity and self-worth.
I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life.
Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression.
I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.
Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality.
One example of 21st century activism we are engaging in is All Out, a first-of-its-kind global movement to advance the interests and rights of LGBT people. All Out is bringing together people of all identities to build a world in which everyone can live freely and be embraced for who they are.
Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.