
Outrage Page #6
than a blowj*b--
or block party.
I'm sorry about
that slip up there.
I have no idea
how that happened,
but it won't happen again.
CALLED "BRANDY'S."
WE SAT DOWN:
NEXT TO THIS GUY
AND IT WAS SHEPARD SMITH
FROM FOX NEWS.
HE STARTED:
CHATTING ME UP:
AND, UH, HE ASKED ME
IF I'D COME BACK TO
HIS APARTMENT...
( chuckles )
AT 3:
00 IN THE MORNING.A YEAR WENT BY AND HE STARTED
GETTING A LOT OF EXPOSURE
AS THE NEW RISING STAR
HE WAS GRANTING:
INTERVIEWS TO REPORTERS
AND BEING PROFILED
IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
ABOUT HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
BECAUSE IT WAS ASKED,
AND HE WAS EITHER LYING
IT WAS AT THAT POIN THAT I SAID, "OKAY,
TIME TO COME OUT."
THE MOST POPULAR COLUMN
THAT I'VE EVER WRITTEN.
EVERYONE LOVES:
A GOOD OUTING.
Tom Sheridan:
THIS TOWN IS FULL
OF GAY PEOPLE.
I REMEMBER WHEN:
I FIRST MOVED HERE
THINKING HOW GAY IT WAS.
SOMETIMES I THINK
WASHINGTON'S MORE GAY
THAN SAN FRANCISCO IS.
Birch:
CAPITOL HILL IS PACKED
WITH GAY STAFFERS.
THERE ARE SO MANY
OF THEM.
YOU CAN'T SWING
A DEAD CA WITHOUT HITTING
A GAY STAFFER.
Jose Antonio Vargas:
THERE'S A RUNNING JOKE
THAT GAY MEN MAKE
CAPITOL HILL RUN ON TIME.
THEY DON'T HAVE A WIFE
SO THEY CAN WORK
REALLY LONG HOURS.
I THINK IF THEY:
TRIED TO FIRE GAY STAFF
LIKE THEY DO BOOTING PEOPLE
OUT OF THE MILITARY,
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
TO THIS DAY, I HAVE NO SEEN ANY PLACE LIKE IT.
SO IT IS PROBABLY
THE MOST GAY PLACE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S PROBABLY
STILL THE MOST CLOSETED PLACE.
THERE ARE SCORES
OF CLOSETED REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS,
I MIGHT ADD,
WHO JUST BECAUSE
BECAUSE OF THEIR
GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCE,
BECAUSE OF THEIR DESIRE
NOT TO BE VULNERABLE
IN TERMS OF:
GETTING RE-ELECTED,
IN THE CLOSET.
( phone beeps )
YEAH?
Frank:
FROM THE DAY I FIRST GO ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE
IN 1972, I WAS CLOSETED
FOR THE FIRST 15
OF THOSE YEARS.
MY ORIGINAL VIEW
WAS THAT I COULD BE
PUBLICALLY:
KIND OF NEUTRAL,
AND PRIVATELY:
I COULD LIVE THE LIFE
OF A GAY MAN.
BUT IT DOESN'T WORK.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE
REASONABLY PROMINENT,
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
YOU CAN'T GO TO BARS
TO MEET PEOPLE.
YOU CAN'T--
( stammers )
YOU CAN'T MEET PEOPLE
WITHOUT OUTING YOURSELF,
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO BE
PUBLIC AND CLOSETED.
THERE WERE LOTS OF RUMORS
THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND.
AND I WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED
SO, YOU KNOW,
THERE WAS THAT KIND
OF THING THAT GNAWS AT YOU.
IT'S JUST THERE.
LIKE A LITTLE TWEETY BIRD
SITTING ON YOUR SHOULDER
ABOUT TO CHIRP AT YOU.
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN
IT'S GOING TO DO THAT.
IF YOU ARE A LESBIAN
DEEPLY IN THE CLOSE AND YOU'RE HAVING
A CONVERSATION ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WHO YOU
SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH,
AND SAY "HE"
RATHER THAN "SHE"
IN REFERRING:
TO YOUR PARTNER,
BUT ALTERNATIVELY
USING GENDERLESS PRONOUNS.
"WE HAD A GOOD WEEKEND."
AND, YOU KNOW,
JUST SORT OF AVOIDING IT.
AND REALLY, THAT TAKES
A LOT OF ENERGY TO DO
TO MAKE SURE:
YOUR STORY'S STRAIGHT,
SO TO SPEAK.
Neil Guiliano:
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING
IN THE CLOSET,
THE FEAR IS THAT SOMEONE'S
GOING TO EXPOSE YOU
FOR THEIR POLITICAL GAIN
TO TAKE YOU DOWN.
AND SO YOU'RE ALWAYS
WONDERING,
"IS THIS THE CONVERSATION?
IS THIS THE PERSON?
IS THIS THE SITUATION?"
WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR
THE FIRST TIME,
I RECEIVED THREAT LETTERS
AND ONE OF THEM SAID,
"WE'RE COMING
TO THE PUBLIC FORUM
AND WE'RE GOING
TO EXPOSE YOU:
SO ALL YOUR SUPPORTERS
WILL KNOW:
THAT YOU'RE
REALLY A GAY MAN."
FOR ANYONE TO KNOW
THAT YOU'RE GAY,
WOULD BE THE WORST THING
IN THE WORLD TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
OR POLITICAL POSITION.
YOU COULD LOSE YOUR SEA IN CONGRESS.
I'VE HAD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
CRYING IN MY ARMS
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW
HOW TO COME OUT.
WHEN YOU TRY:
TO COMPARTMENTALIZE
ALL THESE PARTS:
OF YOUR LIFE:
AND IF YOU TRY TO SHOVE YOUR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION INTO A BOX
AND KEEP IT FROM
YOUR CONSTITUENTS,
IT HAS VERY DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
McGreevy:
Good afternoon.
Throughout my life,
I have grappled
with my own identity--
who I am.
As a young child,
I often felt ambivalent
about myself,
in fact, confused.
From the first words out
of his mouth this afternoon,
it was clear Jim McGreevy,
the governor of New Jersey,
was making
very big news indeed.
At a point
in every person's life,
one has to look deeply
into the mirror of one's soul
and decide
one's unique truth.
And beyond the facts
and allegations and anguish
immediately
surrounding his story,
what the governor
said today
also becomes part
of a larger story
at a turning point
for the country.
And so my truth is that
I am a gay American.
Anchor:
Another boundary
of American politics
has been crossed today.
With his wife by his side,
the governor announced
that he is gay,
that he had an affair
with a man, and that he
would resign.
His announcement
makes him the highest-ranking
American politician...
McGreevey:
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND
THAT EVEN IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
THAT SOMEHOW I WAS
PROFOUNDLY DIFFERENT.
NO ONE COMES UP TO YOU
AND TELLS YOU THA YOU'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN,
OR JEWISH-AMERICAN
OR IRISH-AMERICAN.
YOU DISCOVER YOU'RE GAY
BY YOURSELF.
AND I WAS GOING:
TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
AND LOOKING FOR:
"WHAT IS HOMOSEXUALITY?
WHAT ARE ITS ORIGINS?"
AND HOW IT'S DESCRIBED.
IT WAS ALL HORRIFIC.
IT WAS ALL APOCALYPTIC.
IT WAS A CURSE.
MESSAGES OF SHAME
MESSAGES OF IGNORANCE.
BUT YOU REALIZE:
IT'S INTRINSIC.
IT'S WHO
AND WHAT YOU ARE.
AND SO YOU DENY:
THIS THING,
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS
IT COMES OUT.
AND IT COMES OU IN DARK PLACES.
YOU BEGIN TO BELIEVE
THAT IT IS SHAMEFUL
BECAUSE YOU WERE ACTING,
FOR ME, IN SHAMEFUL WAYS.
I MEAN,
WHERE AM I HAVING SEX?
OF ABANDONED SYNAGOGUES.
I'M HAVING SEX
IN REST STOPS.
THE FACT IS:
MY STRAIGHT FRIENDS
WERE PICKING UP:
THEIR GIRLFRIENDS
AND DOING IT WHEREVER.
I DIDN'T HAVE
THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO DO IT IN PUBLIC WAYS
THAT WERE HEALTHY,
THAT WERE SAFE:
AND THAT WERE ACCEPTED.
AND SO BY DOING I IN SECRET CLOSETED WAYS,
I BELIEVE IT IS UNHEALTHY
FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY,
IT IS UNHEALTHY:
FOR THE BEING:
AND IT WAS UNHEALTHY
FOR MY SOUL.
Dave Karsnia over tape:
All right, so let's start
from the beginning.
- You went in the bathroom.
- Craig:
I went in the bathroom.I got in a stall,
sat down
and I started to go
to the bathroom.
Did our feet come together?
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