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Scrivener7

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15. It was a secret he kept. It was his to keep. No one else has the right

Reply to brush (Reply #14)

Sat May 7, 2022, 09:09 PM

May 2022

to decide it shouldn't be kept anymore.

Outing is revealing someone else's sexuality to the public when that sexuality is not something they are or were open about.

The OP is not outing him. His "friends" are outing him to the Times.

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The Secrets Ed Koch Carried [View all] Nevilledog May 2022 OP

Too bad. He may have still gotten to be mayor with his... brush May 2022 #1

No, not then. That would never have happened. The question is at the end, was it worth it? Demsrule86 May 2022 #4

We'll never know. He may have been the one to... brush May 2022 #11

New York is not Sanfrancisco and I expect his career would have ened...but maybe in Demsrule86 May 2022 #19

Yeah PJMcK May 2022 #6

I never like to see someone outed by others. Scrivener7 May 2022 #2

It is not their secret to tell...with friends like that... Demsrule86 May 2022 #5

No, of course not. But he wasn't outed that I recall. brush May 2022 #12

This article is outing him. Scrivener7 May 2022 #13

I guess one can say that, but isn't outing someone... brush May 2022 #14

It was a secret he kept. It was his to keep. No one else has the right Scrivener7 May 2022 #15

Okay. There's no stigma to it now though. brush May 2022 #16

Not someone else's decision to make. Scrivener7 May 2022 #17

Out is outing dead or alive...and Koch never admitted to being Gay. It was his business. Demsrule86 May 2022 #20

In so far as Koch's inability to come to terms with himself . . . markpkessinger May 2022 #23

Our stories cease to be our own when we die . . . markpkessinger May 2022 #22

Our stories only cease to be our own when we die if those we trusted betray that trust. Scrivener7 May 2022 #24

The 1977 NYC mayoral runoff between Koch and Mario Cuomo was rough... PoliticAverse May 2022 #3

Fascinating reading... ultralite001 May 2022 #7

It's a shame those tens of thousands of gay men with AIDS can't respond. Duncan Grant May 2022 #8

You are 100 percent right. roamer65 May 2022 #9

"Ed Koch Democrats" were an unsung factor in Reagan's win in 1980. JHB May 2022 #10

Interesting associations, His Honor's. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #18

Sad. I hope that he did find a partner question everything May 2022 #21