Kirby Dick Quotes
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What I don't understand is how a policy against outing trumps a policy of reporting. Whenever you're reporting on hypocrisy, you're kind of 'outing' something to begin with.
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People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.
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The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to themselves, "well, the closet is under the radar, I can do this."
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Sometimes there's kind of an "ick" factor around talking about anything about gay sexuality, for certain readers.
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I do think there are very few extreme right-wing gay Republicans. Although it depends how you define "extreme right-wing." They're making a political calculation.
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What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.
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There's a whole gay culture in DC, and there are as many gay Republicans as there are gay Democrats.
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The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.
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