Reply #383: NO...there is no "right" to secrecy for public homophobes [View All]

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and the community is under no obligation to keep the "secret" someone whose "work" damages the members of that community. i was talking with a friend about this, and she couldn't understand why, if someone was really gay...why would he work against his OWN interests. i explained to her that not everyone needs to have his partner covered on his health insurance policy, and not everyone needs or wants the right to adopt children. it's not at all inconceivable that a gay person might be completely hostile to issues that aren't of concern to him...even though those issue might be on concern to other gays and lesbians...and that's fine. however, it certainly isn't the "duty" of the community to keep his secret, and effectively ENABLE him to continue working against their interests.

it's like "passing" imho. say for example a vicious and vocal racist is "passing" as white. say some members of the black community find out this person is "passing" as white. would the black community be "obligated" to keep his secret, so that he could continue his "work" against the members of that community? it's no different than a homopobe "passing" as straight.