The Ethics of Closets and Outings

[julieisafemme]

Originally Posted by Nat

I almost said in the first post that this thread was not intended to discuss gender but rather to discuss orientation - but then I felt that would limit the conversation overly much. So I'm wondering - since you brought up gender outing - do you see a difference between gender outing and orientation outing?

Yes I do from my own experience. The people in my life have had a far easier time dealing with my coming out about my orientation rather than the gender of my partner. He was outed by others. It was unpleasant.

I guess in my experience being queer is more accepted than being transgendered.