Lance Bass: I'm Gay — Page 16

Agreed. Again, I'm not condoning it, I'm just saying that if you really want to keep something a secret you better really keep it a secret.

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i do not think anyone should be outed in any form of media.

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as long as it's not printed or broadcast in a medium in which someone's mother is going to see or hear, that seems fine.

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Updated On: 7/28/06 at 04:14 PM

people on here speculating vs. a towleroad which is more "reporting" is one huge difference.

and a mother should never have to learn that her son is gay by any other medium that his own two lips.

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"and a mother should never have to learn that her son is gay by any other medium that his own two lips."


unfortunately robbo, sometimes mom walks in during her sons first RJ.

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joey, i don't report news or have a "readership" that looks to me for news.

if i was a former editor of a major gay publication that had a blog with a huge following, i would not "report" on a persons sexuality.

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Updated On: 7/28/06 at 04:42 PM

as much as it kill me and i'm sure this will come back and bite em right in the ass. but i do see where robbo is comming from. granted i had to stoop down to his hight to do so but.....

when i was i gainesville, and i had roomies, and i told them there responce was "but you dont act gay" and i laughed and asked well how should i act? responce "well like jack on will and grace or the queer eye guys" i shook my head and told them not gay guys act like that, and went into a long talk that lasted into the night.

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My 2 cents: it's one thing to speculate among us lay people. BUT I have a hard time being accepting the fact that if a celebrity is at a gay bar or party, that it's free fodder for journalists to report on it. The same way it irritates me that they take all these pix of celebrities during their private vacations.

I don't know, maybe I'm old fashioned. But I feel that a gay bar and/or party should be, in a way, a safe haven for gay people. You can go there without fear of being recognized. The same way it sucks when a military dude gets outed and kicked out of the military by someone who saw him go into the the club.

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You and I are ok, chita. But it should be a place for many guys and gals that are closeted or in the process of coming out to feel safe. I do not believe that everyone is as comfortable as I am about being gay. And I remember when I was first coming out, the stress of going to a bar and someone recognizing me as I walked in.

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Not at all... healthy discussion.

We all are. We just have to learn to take it when called on it... and I get called on it often.

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"Rath--you're probably right: I think he's clueless about a lot of stuff. Lance also said that he didn't want to be a spokesperson or riding on floats, as if that's a bad thing--despite the fact that his boyfriend, your rugged AND effeminate cousin, has been proudly (and handsomely) riding on floats ever since he and his ex-lover Chip first came out on network TV."

Reichen has had very different life experiences than Lance. He was never in a boy band with all that entails - the fanbase is mostly screaming females. Reichen had his own career issues - he left the Air Force, his dream career, because Don't Ask, Don't Tell became too oppressive. He had to hide everything about himself and he couldn't take it anymore.

He is fortunate to have an incredibly supportive mother - in fact, long before he realized he was gay (obviously he's quite a bit younger than I), she was the first family member to whom I myself came out - because I knew I would be accepted without question. That's the kind of person she is, and she raised him to know that being true to yourself is what matters most.

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Updated On: 7/28/06 at 07:28 PM

I thought journalistic ethics was that you go with a story only if you have two reliable corroborating witnesses.

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