Comments on: Kirby calls on leaders to come out

By: Long_memory

Long_memory — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:47:06 +0000

I agree with him. For one, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who has not faced some hardship from coming out, but you’ll find it impossible to find a person who was not empowered by it. Secondly, we owe a debt of gratitude to our predecessors who faced far greater violence and ridicule than we could ever know. Without them, we would not be able to even have these discussions. Third, it’s all about how you do it. If you come out with live instead of anger it makes a world of difference.

By: Adrian Quist

Adrian Quist — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:10:44 +0000

It pays to remember that Michael Kirby himself could have come out a lot earlier than he did! He chose to keep his silence rather than potentially jeopordise his highly paid legal career. Hypocrite?

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:24:43 +0000

Radical? How ridiculous. You must still be in the closet. How sad. You must be terribly oppressed. Ah yes, I will pray for you.

By: Brenty

Brenty — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:20:45 +0000

radical53, what a lot of nonsense!

By: radical53

radical53 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:25:26 +0000

It is personal choice if someone wants to come out.

It is not Kirby’s or anybodies right to enforce their agenda on anyone.

We would all be better off if we all did go back in the closet.

The gay community is doing more harm, than good to their cause. It has inflamed so much homophobia around the world because the gay community has become extremist.

We have gone from Oppression to Liberation to Repression. Who wants to be gay today. There is nothing to identify ourselves now.

Shame.