{"id":205597,"date":"2014-06-18T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/18\/and-i-always-say-again-to-young-men-and-women-who\/"},"modified":"2014-06-18T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:22:30","slug":"and-i-always-say-again-to-young-men-and-women-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/06\/18\/and-i-always-say-again-to-young-men-and-women-who\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

And I always say again to young men and women who are in that position [the closet] (And you know, I\u2019m not for outing people, that\u2019s not my game, it\u2019s not what we should do). But I believe if you have a personal reason why it is and you figure it out, the moment you figure it out, you should come out of the closet. You should be proud of who you are, because the more of us who are out there shouting out loud: the easier it\u2019s going to be to change the laws that need to be changed because they cannot deny people with voices. They can\u2019t. And if you know someone in that position: help them. Help them. Don\u2019t push them out of the closet, because god knows it\u2019s not nice to be pushed out, but help them with the stuff they\u2019re struggling with and let them know that it is okay. Because, you know, someone asked me last night \u2026 \u2018Have you lost jobs or roles because of being openly gay\u2019, and I said \u2018If I have, I don\u2019t care\u2019. My father and mother told all us as children \u2026 no matter who you are, or what you are, or how you live your life, be the best that you can be at the job that you do because then nobody can deny you. They cannot deny you anything. So that\u2019s what I say to kids: just always be good. Always be the best that you possibly be because then it\u2019s harder for somebody to say \u2018no\u2019. And when they do say no, then you can go, \u2018oh yeah? well fluuuhh you, i\u2019m gonna prove you wrong and i\u2019m gonna do it anyway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Barrowman, Phoenix Comicon 2014<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And I always say again to young men and women who are in that position [the closet] (And you know, I\u2019m not for outing people, that\u2019s not my game, it\u2019s not what we should do). But I believe if you have a personal reason why it is and you figure it out, the moment you … <\/p>\n

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