Director Warns: Stay in the Closet

I COULD NOT DISAGREE WITH THIS DIRECTOR MORE:
For the most part, "we" are an invisible minority. We have the "luxury" or in reality, the curse of blending in to our surroundings like chameleons. Unlike other minorities, except perhaps religious, we have to actually take initiative to allow our true selves to "come out" of the closets into which we have stuffed ourselves and into the living room of mainstream society. One may ask "what motivation do I have in coming out with all the prejudice and hatred cast towards 'gay people'"? The question provides its own answer. The only way to eliminate prejudice and hatred is to "come out" and allow our true selves to be known.

For the most part, "we" are an invisible minority. We have the "luxury" or in reality, the curse of blending in to our surroundings like chameleons. Unlike other minorities, except perhaps religious, we have to actually take initiative to allow our true selves to "come out" of the closets into which we have stuffed ourselves and into the living room of mainstream society. One may ask "what motivation do I have in coming out with all the prejudice and hatred cast towards 'gay people'"? The question provides its own answer. The only way to eliminate prejudice and hatred is to "come out" and allow our true selves to be known.

Statistics indicate that we are only 4-10% of the population, but who really knows because there's a whole spectrum of sexuality and a whole lot of fearful silence. As more of "us" emerge from the closet, our voices grow louder, but echoes only travel so far. We need allies from the broader community to join us in our quest because that's where we live, and that's who we are, as part of the "tossed salad" of our society. The people in the broader community of which we are a little part, are the ones who ultimately make life altering decisions that affect us. The "broader community" comprised of us, vitriolic religious zealots and everybody in between.

Shame and secrecy are our greatest oppressors. When we live in the closet undetected or even when we live outside of the closet in shame, hate mongers can depict us in any form...as monsters, perverts, sinners, child molesters, devils, on and on. The very act of being who we really are in this world without fear or shame destroys their greatest weapon... the imagination of an uninformed person.