Straights don’t ‘come out’. Why should gays?

Health Minister Leo Varadker has ‘come out’ as gay. As a gay man, I think this is brilliant. However, a part of me feels sad that his ‘coming out’ (it’s a peculiar expression) has made such headline news. Do heterosexual people ‘come out’?

During a recent conversation with an old school friend, over a few pints, the conversation moved onto a mutual friend who had recently ‘come out.’

I casually said to my friend that I was gay, and that I was not sure if he knew that. He said that he had known and said “we are all God’s children.” Neither of us felt the need to say anything else and the conversation changed.