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WestSeattle2

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13. In most parts of the country there is still a high price to pay professionally for being out. For

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 22, 2012, 01:47 PM

Aug 2012

some reason the medical and legal professions are particularly homophobic. And make no mistake; Seattle is an island of sanity in regards to human sexuality. In almost every other part of Washington State it's still not easy being out. You don't have to drive far outside the city limits either - 20 miles in any direction and you'll arrive in areas that are far less welcoming to gays and lesbians. Those areas may not be openly hostile to gays and lesbians as they were 20 years ago; but they're a far cry from Seattle.

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Cheryl Chow calls life in closet a "waste" [View all] WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #1

how sad cali Aug 2012 #2

The public certainly doesn't consider her life wasted; she contributes so much to the city and its WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #4

Never been to Seattle but I always heard it was pretty Progressive n/t Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2012 #3

Lots of progressive places become less so if you're in the wrong group. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #6

+1000. closeupready Aug 2012 #11

It is. I encourage anyone living in an area that may not be welcoming to consider moving to WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #7

Wow. Whuddathunk? mntleo2 Aug 2012 #5

Seriously, though...you couldn't come out thirty years ago as you can today. Atman Aug 2012 #8

Absolutely. The fact that the nation collectively yawned when Anderson Cooper came out, WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #9

Oh, now you've done it! Now I've got to find the DU thread from when Cooper came out rocktivity Aug 2012 #15

I think because AC was like the worst-kept secret on Earth Blue_Tires Aug 2012 #21

This is an important point. If everything happens for a reason, closeupready Aug 2012 #14

"I can't imagine why I thought being out would be harder than being in." rocktivity Aug 2012 #10

In most parts of the country there is still a high price to pay professionally for being out. For WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #13

That's what I heard from my landlord here in New York years ago - closeupready Aug 2012 #17

Oregon's a big place maxsolomon Aug 2012 #19

UPDATE: According to Stephanie Miller's "Sexy Liberal Tour" doumentary on Current rocktivity Sep 2012 #23

As a mother of a gay child, this issue hits close to home for me. When my daughter came out to me, Emit Aug 2012 #12

Right on - you should host online parenting classes! Why any parent would want their child WestSeattle2 Aug 2012 #16

Bless you. You are a good mother! yardwork Sep 2012 #25

I read that as Sheryl Crow dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #18

+1 crimson77 Aug 2012 #20

HA! Your not the only one Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Aug 2012 #22

Me too. truthisfreedom Sep 2012 #24

Me too, and the reference to AC above i thought was alice cooper. loli phabay Sep 2012 #26

Same here! TlalocW Sep 2012 #27