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Originally posted by h.u.r.r.i.c.a.n.e
Because revealing you're gay in a place which is obviously homophobic is glorifying yourself?
I FAIL to see how this is different from talking about another personal matter like being homeless (which someone did recently). Also the news article said it was only a line or two that referred to his sexuality as part of an overarching theme to demonstrate the importance of respecting each other. Y'all are kinda trash for assuming he's done drama queen when he's obviously extremely hard working.
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Is public reaction to a celebrity coming out the same as public reaction to a celebrity talking about some random event that happened in their life? No, the coming out overshadows literally everything else.
It's really not that complicated. If he comes out during graduation, that's going to overshadow the entire ceremony because it'll surprise everyone and stuff like that has a tendency to overshadow everything in general. On the other hand, giving a monologue about some event that happened in your life which is WAY less big and notable will not overshadow the whole graduation.
What he's doing is more comparable to proposing to marry someone at graduation.
tldr: People would be talking/thinking about the coming out even after the speech and into the ceremony (and this boy damn well knows it when asks for a costume graduation gown) They won't be thinking about the 30 second generic event post-speech