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	<title>Comments on: Last Comic Standing&#8217;s Todd Glass comes out</title>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/17/last-comic-standings-todd-glass-comes-out/#comment-42889</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting choice of a clip.  He mentions his &quot;girlfriend&quot; numerous times.  I wonder if he will be changing his act.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting choice of a clip.  He mentions his &#8220;girlfriend&#8221; numerous times.  I wonder if he will be changing his act.</p>
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		<title>By: Lee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My hat&#039;s off to Mr. Glass for how heart felt he was with his &quot;coming out&quot;. I myself understand first hand of what he means. Everything that Mr. Glass did or felt, I did and felt the same way. Even to the point of getting myself drunk, just to have an excuse of why I didn&#039;t sleep with a girl I met from a bar. It wasn&#039;t until about 3 years ago (I&#039;m now 34), that I had conjured up the courage to come out. I&#039;ve grown up in a very religious household (Dad&#039;s a Preacher/Mom, since she was 17, have been a DIE HARD born again Christian). I was ashamed of being gay or as I thought back then, different/a freak! I&#039;ve had to &quot;cover my tracks&quot; through the years, simply because I was afraid of what others might think. Do you know how hard it is, to push your true self aside; lying to yourself over and over again... to the point that you become physically ill?! It f***ing sucks people! It even came to a point, a couple of times, that I thought that it maybe best to commit suicide! Thinking that would make everything better with God and/or make it all better with family/friends! Thank God, with time and making friends with some great people (gay AND straight), I slowly started to understand and accept that my sexuality is just a part of me. It doesn&#039;t rule nor defy me! It pisses me off to hear people saying stupid sh** like, &quot;You chose to be gay&quot; or &quot;You will grow out of it&quot;! Yep... that&#039;s it!! I just woke up one day; chose to add more pressure, stress and problems to my life!... BITE ME!! Don&#039;t get me wrong though. There are some &quot;Gays&quot; out there who have chosen the lifestyle because they think it&#039;s the &quot;IT&quot; thing to do. I have met some through out my life and I find them to be pathetic! We as a society are so easily able and willing to point fingers, judge and pass sentence without &quot;putting ourselves in that person&#039;s shoes&quot;. We are also so quick to twist words around, turning them into weapons of pain and hate. In the long run, unfortunately, it&#039;s just a &quot;human reflex&quot; of hiding something about ourselves that we maybe a shamed of. Believe me when I say that, it&#039;s not easy living with yourself when you constantly have to ask yourself, &quot;Am I a freak?&quot; &quot;Will my parents/friends still love me?&quot; So, in closing, I beg YOU ALL who read my comment... STOP, THINK, REFLECT over your own life before casting the first stone. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My hat&#8217;s off to Mr. Glass for how heart felt he was with his &#8220;coming out&#8221;. I myself understand first hand of what he means. Everything that Mr. Glass did or felt, I did and felt the same way. Even to the point of getting myself drunk, just to have an excuse of why I didn&#8217;t sleep with a girl I met from a bar. It wasn&#8217;t until about 3 years ago (I&#8217;m now 34), that I had conjured up the courage to come out. I&#8217;ve grown up in a very religious household (Dad&#8217;s a Preacher/Mom, since she was 17, have been a DIE HARD born again Christian). I was ashamed of being gay or as I thought back then, different/a freak! I&#8217;ve had to &#8220;cover my tracks&#8221; through the years, simply because I was afraid of what others might think. Do you know how hard it is, to push your true self aside; lying to yourself over and over again&#8230; to the point that you become physically ill?! It f***ing sucks people! It even came to a point, a couple of times, that I thought that it maybe best to commit suicide! Thinking that would make everything better with God and/or make it all better with family/friends! Thank God, with time and making friends with some great people (gay AND straight), I slowly started to understand and accept that my sexuality is just a part of me. It doesn&#8217;t rule nor defy me! It pisses me off to hear people saying stupid sh** like, &#8220;You chose to be gay&#8221; or &#8220;You will grow out of it&#8221;! Yep&#8230; that&#8217;s it!! I just woke up one day; chose to add more pressure, stress and problems to my life!&#8230; BITE ME!! Don&#8217;t get me wrong though. There are some &#8220;Gays&#8221; out there who have chosen the lifestyle because they think it&#8217;s the &#8220;IT&#8221; thing to do. I have met some through out my life and I find them to be pathetic! We as a society are so easily able and willing to point fingers, judge and pass sentence without &#8220;putting ourselves in that person&#8217;s shoes&#8221;. We are also so quick to twist words around, turning them into weapons of pain and hate. In the long run, unfortunately, it&#8217;s just a &#8220;human reflex&#8221; of hiding something about ourselves that we maybe a shamed of. Believe me when I say that, it&#8217;s not easy living with yourself when you constantly have to ask yourself, &#8220;Am I a freak?&#8221; &#8220;Will my parents/friends still love me?&#8221; So, in closing, I beg YOU ALL who read my comment&#8230; STOP, THINK, REFLECT over your own life before casting the first stone. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.</p>
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