OT: Coming Out (was: Re: OT: Re: What? the clean-shavenoutnumber the bearded?)

Jake X wrote:
>
> [dZoU r/oUt]:
> > Well, I would hope that people assume I'm straight...I am. ;-)
>
> Not that they should assume you're gay.  I was just saying that
> they shouldn't assume anything until they know.  It's a small point,
> albeit one that I've stuck my teeth over many times.  If people
> didn't assume heterosexuality automatically, we wouldn't have
> to "come out.
Well, isn't that a matter of assuming the average?  I would assume a
random person was heterosexual (if I were to think about their sexuality
at all), but that doesn't mean I'm homophobic.  I have several gay
friends, and it doesn't bother me at all.

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