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I always found it funny that so many people are so concerned with the sexual lives of celebrities. I guess a peek into their private life is all that we crave, explains the popularity of celebrity sex tapes. However when you’re celebrity you live your life out loud and proud, but what if your pride is called into question? What if you can only live your life out loud but your pride has to ride in coach with a Mets cap and sunglasses? What are they hiding and why do we feel the need to “out” celebrities and their secrets ??

While some good may come from an out and proud celebrity, forcing someone out of the closet is not only damaging but hypocritical. We preach about caring and understanding and equality but feel that things must be done out way or no way at all. Celebrities are people too and they do not owe us, as people, anything. An actor, celebrity or athlete is there to entertain us, that is it, a window into their private lives is not should not be expected. Sure the spotlight is thrust upon them and their private life and it is obvious that things will be made very public, but does that really mean we feel entitled to know their inner most secrets? With more celebrities exploding out of the closet glitter cape and mascara in place, there is talks that they have a platform to finally bring attention to the importance of equality. This I can stand behind, however when did it become a celebrities job? Although they have this amazing platform to stand on, what if they don’t want to be the face of a cause. What if by chance this celebrity isn’t sure of how to go about bringing about a positive spin or are dealing with their own demons could forcing them on this platform cause more damage than good ?

With the rise of teenage suicides you would think the public, gay and straight, would take a step back realize that they are wrong and help promote a healthy understanding of what is REALLY happening and the steps we are taking to make it better. So far we are condemning people for not doing everything the way we think it should be done causing a rift in what is perceived as right or wrong, when it reality there is no right or wrong when it comes to doing something that helps you accept who you are. The more people come out the more we struggle for equality the more vicious people are becoming. Sure gay people have always been cunning but when it starts affecting me ,taking me away from the all important discussion of Mariah Carey versus Nicki Minaj the vaseline, sneakers and straight razors make an appearance, and things are about to get real, watch what happens when people stop being polite and start stomping some ass. For years we have chuckled at Perez Hilton and then condemned him as he tried to out gay celebrities, yet as the public we are doing the same thing, true on a much smaller scale but are still no better. You cannot condemn a person for doing something that you yourself have done and are continuing to do, whether it is gossiping about the next big gay actor or justifying mixing cheetah print and stripes, we have to start living our lives the best way we can that is best for us as individuals.

In the end it is the choice of the individual who they invite into their world of rainbows, unicorns and overly buff men in speedos who are oiled up. We shouldn’t condemn them for this but celebrate the fact that they came out, finally. The struggle is admitting it to yourself and we all know that we come out when we feel ready, doing anything before you’re ready leads to bigger problems and even more confusion. Look what happens when God forgets to fully cook a male version of Ellen Degeneres, now we are stuck with Justin Bieber and that gum is never coming off the bottom of our shoe. It’s called follow through people. Shooting star, the more you know.

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