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Author Topic: Are you "out" at work? -> OT Weight Loss Travis Cape Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-07-2006 02:28 AM                     Hi, I don't say much on here but I'm gay also. It took me awhile to come out at work. It was more of an issue with wrapping my brain around the idea of coming out in general. When we hired another manager that was openly gay in 1995, he helped me see that it was ok. Now I wish I would have sooner, since no one told me that "gay death" was at 30. I spent most of the night reading this thread. I emailed Brad my pic so I won't be in the closet much longer here.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-07-2006 07:40 AM                  Deleted by poster... [ 11-07-2006, 02:21 PM: Message edited by: Phil Hill ]  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 11-07-2006 09:15 AM                     Whoa Phil... I know that probably offends you, and yes, I understand why but I take from the way he wrote it that he was kidding. No name calling necessary.  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-07-2006 09:24 AM                     There WAS that emoticon after that term in quotes...  |  IP: Logged Travis Cape Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 11-07-2006 12:23 PM                     Hey Phil, I was being sarcastic, but there's some truth in what I said. No one can help getting older, you just do. Can someone get Manny back in here. This thread was funnier with him.  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 11-07-2006 12:54 PM                        I turned 29 last week -- it's not really bothering me. The only time it gets to me is when people like Kyle remind me he's a bazilliondy years younger than me.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 11-07-2006 02:15 PM                  You're right Madamn Moderator... I'll delete my comment.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-30-2008 12:49 AM                 It has been 539 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-30-2008 12:49 AM                     Bumpin this back up.. I've also posted a pic of me and my ex on "post pics of your BF, GF, etc. " thread... Still single and looking for love, but as has been said here, getting older is "gay death" and since I'm now 45 I guess it's too late for me to get some But who knows? Stranger things have happened.. And Brad's last post was right..there are a surprising number of closeted gays out there.. and most straights would be surprised by the numbers here.. But then again, the entertainment industry in general does attract a diverse group of people.. and that's a good thing. Edited to correct spelling and add: LOL I triggered the soup nazi to show up in this thread...priceless.  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-20-2008 01:48 PM                        I've posted in this thread before, long ago. Getting older does make it more difficult to make new friends. I turn 40 this August, and I noticed that a couple of years ago, it suddenly got much more difficult to get past the acquaintance stage to having friends to hang out with. I'm asexual, on the gay side (attraction-wise), which makes things difficult since I'm a misfit in both the gay and straight communities.  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 05-31-2008 01:07 PM                     I've been out at both of the theatres I've worked, but I was much more open at the college theatre. I didn't go in there and "virtually shimmer in a golden halo of barely restrained fabulousness, which threatened to explode in a glitter rainbow at any moment" [JMG], but mostly eased into it, feeling out the comfort levels of those around me. The place I'm at now is great cause the boss and other management are quite accepting and generally cool.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 06-01-2008 06:55 PM                        Hmm, with the odd way people act around the theatres I worked at I'd never let them know I was bi. Being a bi guy is almost like being a cross between sasquach and an albatross. Most don't believe they exist. Either you're straight or gay, no in between. Or even if they to beleive they exist, no one likes them, either way no one wants them around. Who knows. But, eh, I can think of a few things they can go do with their closeminded selves. And my comment in the "Random pics thread", my halloween costume was me dressed as a goth girl. No, it had nothing to do with my sexuality, but everthying to do with shock value, I figured it'd be something no one would expect. I'd post pics, but I can't decide if the "post pics of yourself" thread would be more apporpriate, "random pics" being that it's a cotsume, or here, considering the unavoidable homosexual connotation it provides. Also, I wouldn't want it to possibly scare off any job offers. Opinions?  |  IP: Logged Robert Crabtree Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Largo, FL Registered: May 2008 posted 06-02-2008 02:22 AM                     Well, you've already identified yourself as bi and admit the existence of said goth girl picture. Assuming your future employers have no problem with those two facts, I'd wager that the picture isn't going to kill your chances that much more. Unless of course, part of your goth girl outfit is patently offensive/confrontational, like...."F*ck You" emblazoned somewhere.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 06-02-2008 02:26 AM                        Nope, not at all. Though the content may burn out your retinas making you blind for the rest of your life. LoL Or at least wish you were when you looked at the pic. But still, where would the most appropriate place be? I'm guessing "Member Pictures" or whatever it was called, but I scarcly consider a costume where I'm barely recognizable as being me. And Admitting said existance, and actually posting it, can have 2 different effects.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 06-12-2008 12:23 AM                     Charles, as far as what people think of you for the dressing as a goth girl, or being bi, or whatever..I take the words of Robin Williams to heart: "Joke 'em if they can't take a fuck." Finally, after a lot of years of battling depression and my recent near-death experience, I think I'm finally at peace with who I am. I simply ignore or distance myself from those who have a problem with me being me. Warmest regards, Tony  |  IP: Logged

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