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Tim Wilson
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
timatollah@mackandtim.net
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Coming Out as Good Citizenship

I've put the text of of my NCOD speech online here. I'm sure the argument's been made a zillion times before, but the crux of the matter is that coming out involves

• Personal integrity;
• Honesty;
• Respect for self and for others;
• Courage; and
• Responsiblity.

I hate to tell the garden variety homophobes out there, but those are among the qualitites that make an individual a good citizen, not those that make a person someone to be disgusted with. But to note that is to note that despite the haters' arguments, their hate has no rational basis.

We had a good crowd: the young people from GALBA, some locals from the Daytona Beach Business Guild and their mailing list, and a few faculty friends who I very much appreciate being there.
posted by Tim Wilson at 4:31 PM