Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site teklds.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!tektronix!teklds!lauraf From: lauraf@teklds.UUCP (Laura Freeman) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Here's something to discuss Message-ID: <914@teklds.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 21:42:07 EDT Article-I.D.: teklds.914 Posted: Thu Aug 15 21:42:07 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 03:25:57 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 41 [] How do you feel about public figures announcing that they are gay? OK, let's take Rock Hudson as an example: Should he tell the world that he is gay? Does he have a "duty" to do so? What good does it do? When is a good time to announce it? At the height of popularity? When he doesn't want/need to act anymore? When he has "enough" money? Never? The magazines are saying that everyone in Hollywood knew Rock was gay. Yet, he still got jobs. Does this mean he wasn't discriminated against? (!) Suppose he had gone public. Would the roles have dried up then? People seem to be sorry for him now. Does that mean it's ok to be gay if you're "paying for it"? (The bitter attitude?) Or is it really his own business and everyone should just shut up about it? Am I invading his privacy by asking you these questions? Well? When I first heard about it, I thought, "Oh, he could have done so much good by going public. He could've helped public understanding enor- mously." This is the theory that it's harder to hate a group if you admire a member of that goup. But, lately I've been thinking,"Well, why should he open himself up to all these tabloid articles if he really doesn't have to?" Last night at the market, I saw a headline on one of those things, 'THE MAN WHO LED ROCK ASTRAY.' Uugghh!! So what do YOU think? (If I get attacked for this article, you'll know why we read-onlys don't post articles!