<![CDATA[History of the phrase]]>Just curious if anyone knows why "coming out" and "the closet" were termed in such a way?

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/26554/history-of-the-phraseRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 09:19:52 GMTTue, 19 Jul 2016 23:23:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to History of the phrase on Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:02:28 GMT]]>Being in the closet implies hiding from the outside world, and the act of coming out of it implies the will to stop hiding..

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