Quote: Jim Jackson said: Would I feel alone when with str8 men, or do I feel alone? Sometimes a bit isolated, yes. Particularly at work. I'm not out at work, and i work in a very gay-unfriendly place. So I feel somewhat isolated there.
Man, what kind of job do you have? I didn't realize that this type of prejudice was still socially acceptable, or, prevalent.
The "kind" of job one has doesn't always matter. My boss, the owner of my company, claims to be very religious, and is unabshedly conservative. While he doesn't practice active homophobia, he's made it clear that he doesn't sympathize or understand gay people. Furthermore, several of my colleagues have pretty much expressed disdain for gays. On that basis, I keep my mouth shut. I've been at this place longer than anybody else. My boss inherited me when he bought the place in '03. He and I get along fine, better now than before. But I won't come out to him. Why? Because it worries me that he would fire me simply on that basis. Or that he would trust me less. Coming out here at work, at this place, simply is not worth it. I do not carry my sexuality as some kind of badge of honor. It simply a part of who I am, not the totality.
Jim
That's amazing to me because isn't columbus the gay mecca of the midwest... whne I went to school at ohio state I thought 1/4 of the people I met were gay.
