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Related: About this forumComing out: The experiment
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc-tv/47815460Coming out: The experiment
MSNBCs Thomas Roberts talks with author Timothy Kurek about what he learned while posing as a gay man for one year.
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Coming out: The experiment (Original Post)
WillParkinson
Jun 2012
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William769
(55,124 posts)1. The title is baseless from who it comes from
And it's all downhill from there.
And thats all I'll say on this.
xfundy
(5,105 posts)2. Let me guess--
"Gay Like Me."
I've often thought of writing that book, but from real experience, not faking it. I expect he's entertaining bids from the hate and religion industries to determine the title and text of his book.
Kennah
(14,115 posts)3. Title is "The Cross In The Closet" and he's donating some proceeds to LGBT homeless youth centers
He's a Christian donating money to kids who are homeless entirely because of Christianity.
Bizarro world.
Kennah
(14,115 posts)6. Situation is rich with irony
That he cannot change things nationally doesn't mean what he's doing has no merit. I think he's to lauded.
Plantaganet
(241 posts)4. History is useful...
Did you know? In the days preceding the French Revolution it was "fashionable" for nobility to have picnics in which they dressed up as peasants and shepherds or for paintings to depict a romanticized version of the peasant.
This is just as vile.