Comments on: Welcome Out, David Hyde Pierce http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Rose http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401/comment-page-1#comment-241 Rose Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:33:12 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401#comment-241 I don't think David was outed as much as Brian Hargrove was outed. In any case it was handled with class. But you wouldn't expect anything less of DHP. He's definitely a positive role model. I wish there were more like him. I don’t think David was outed as much as Brian Hargrove was outed. In any case it was handled with class. But you wouldn’t expect anything less of DHP. He’s definitely a positive role model. I wish there were more like him.

]]> By: Timothy Kincaid http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401/comment-page-1#comment-78 Timothy Kincaid Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:46:01 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401#comment-78 I agree we are are entitled to our privacy. But, on the other hand, do people expect everyone to keep a secret when they see you at a party or out with a boyfriend. For heaven sake, if a straight celebrity is seen out it gets dragged into the rags, why would we expect that gay celebrities are off limits for speculation and gossip? Pierce was hardly private. He was seen socially with his husband. For Out to mention him (what, 20 years into it?) is hardly "outing". I agree we are are entitled to our privacy.

But, on the other hand, do people expect everyone to keep a secret when they see you at a party or out with a boyfriend. For heaven sake, if a straight celebrity is seen out it gets dragged into the rags, why would we expect that gay celebrities are off limits for speculation and gossip?

Pierce was hardly private. He was seen socially with his husband. For Out to mention him (what, 20 years into it?) is hardly “outing”.

]]> By: Jim Burroway http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401/comment-page-1#comment-77 Jim Burroway Thu, 31 May 2007 17:46:46 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401#comment-77 You can count me among those who didn't know he was gay. On the other hand, I had a similar reaction when Rosie O'Donnell came out. I thought everyone already knew that. You can count me among those who didn’t know he was gay. On the other hand, I had a similar reaction when Rosie O’Donnell came out. I thought everyone already knew that.

]]> By: Dave Rattigan http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401/comment-page-1#comment-76 Dave Rattigan Thu, 31 May 2007 17:24:17 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401#comment-76 Yeah, I'm not sure this was David's coming-out. I've known for a while that he was gay, and I assumed he had always been out. Yeah, I’m not sure this was David’s coming-out. I’ve known for a while that he was gay, and I assumed he had always been out.

]]> By: David Lynn http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401/comment-page-1#comment-75 David Lynn Thu, 31 May 2007 09:42:16 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2007/05/30/401#comment-75 Why did I know David Hyde Pierce was gay like 10-12 years ago? And no, I don't travel in LA circles. So on Frasier, it was Pierce, John Mahoney (the father, Martin Crane), Dan Butler (sports guy), Edward Hibbert (who played a closeted gay critic), all are gay. anyone else? Eddie? Why did I know David Hyde Pierce was gay like 10-12 years ago? And no, I don’t travel in LA circles.

So on Frasier, it was Pierce, John Mahoney (the father, Martin Crane), Dan Butler (sports guy), Edward Hibbert (who played a closeted gay critic), all are gay. anyone else?

Eddie?

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