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Lawyer turned writer, editor, and speaker. Founder, Above The Law (@ATLblog) and Underneath Their Robes. Author, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel (@SCOTUSambitions).

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    David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 25 May 2016

    Q (from me, a gay man): Does pearl clutching over "outing" someone send a message that there's still something wrong with being gay?

    8:28 PM - 25 May 2016
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      2. Mark Noonan‏ @Mark_E_Noonan 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        I guess I just don't like anyone gossiping about anyone; so, I'd still pearl-clutch.

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      3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 25 May 2016
        Replying to @Mark_E_Noonan

        Fair enough; to each his own on gossip. Internet gossip is at least not behind the person's back. :-)

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      4. Mark Noonan‏ @Mark_E_Noonan 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        True, as long as the gossiper has his real name on the post.

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      2. Like Whoa, If True‏ @owensmike 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Yes. It’s one thing if person truly guards the “secret.” But otherwise you force others to help construct your glass closet.

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      3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 25 May 2016
        Replying to @owensmike

        That's a GREAT way of putting it (and something I did/suffered through for years).

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      4. Like Whoa, If True‏ @owensmike 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        I find it’s often straight allies most disturbed by outing, even of the mostly-out-already. I get why they think it’s supportive.

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      2. (Not) Bill O'Reilly‏ @NotThatBill 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Maybe--but my understanding is individual should get to choose how to engage those who already think that. So how to balance?

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      3. David Lat‏Verified account @DavidLat 25 May 2016
        Replying to @NotThatBill

        I think we'll look back on this a few years from now and find it oddly quaint.

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      4. (Not) Bill O'Reilly‏ @NotThatBill 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Probably, but that doesn't absolve anyone of how to deal with the interim.

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      1. EJaneWench‏ @EJaneWench 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        When did "pearl-clutching" become a thing?

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      1. Eliot‏ @eliotter 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        @moorehn solid pivot.

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      1. George Basile‏ @JGBasile 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        I don't think anyone should ever be shamed for who they are. But recognising someone for what they are isn't necessarily bad.

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      1. Pierre Cloutier‏ @thejurisblogger 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        I've never thought about it that way ... I guess it really depends how it is done (the pearl clutching) cause it's a valid concern

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      1. Tom McGeveran‏Verified account @tmcgev 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        A: Yes.

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      1. Liminal‏ @LMatelotage 26 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Or does it show that being gay is still treated as "wrong" in some places. Outing isn't the cause, it's the effect.

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      1. Here Doggy‏ @Lapdogwhistle 26 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        No, it means there is something wrong with violating a person's privacy.

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      1. The Ghastly Spectre of Burt Likko‏ @burtlikko 26 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        I don't think so: it's anger over the denial of autonomy. One should be able to control one's own coming out, on one's own terms.

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      1. The Rancor Keeper‏ @ohnotherancor 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Maybe. But it also deprives a person of how they want to handle something that is deeply personal, no?

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      1. Roxanne Chester‏ @ggm281 25 May 2016
        Replying to @DavidLat

        Nope. sends single that privacy abt personal life is not acceptable when it is a left wing agenda issue.

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