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August 23, 2012

Out and proud? The gays who were pushed out of the closet

Can the culture of outing a closeted LGBT person ever be justified?

American journalist Anderson Cooper became the latest high-profile personality to be forcefully dragged out of the closet last month, despite years of contentment of dodging the question.

His sexuality had been one of the worst kept secrets in show business, having featured as one of the cover stars of Out magazine’s ‘glass closet’.

May 5, 2012

Gay student profile in high school yearbook outrages community

Pro-gay article outrages small Tennessee community, with a school board member calling for sacking and police investigation

A Tennessee high school journalism teacher has outraged the community after publishing a pro-gay article of a graduating student in the yearbook.

The article called ‘It’s OK to be Gay’, written by an anonymous student staff writer of Lenoir City High School, profiles the experiences of American gay student Zac Mitchell.