Citations:the closet is made of glass

English citations of the closet is made of glass

1994 October 13, Marghe Covino, “Murder Visits the Sister Spirit Area: NGLTF Writes Attorney General, Urging Intervention”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume 24, number 41, San Francisco, CA, page 24:
“Gays and lesbians in Mississippi only call in crisis,” Wanda asserts. “They’re afraid of being found out. But if I’ve learned one thing during this siege we’ve been going through, it’s that everyone’s closet is made of glass. You just think you’re in the closet – and it allows the non-gay community to let the murders of gays and lesbians go unnoticed.
1999 January 13, Michael Bishop, “Re: Mariah on Worst Dressed List”, in alt.music.mariah.carey‎^[1] (Usenet):
He gives homosexuals a bad name. (He has not admitted to being one, but the door on his closet is made of glass...we all see right through it!).
1999 March 23, Garro69, “Mark Walkow: Confessions Of A Tai Seng Rat”, in alt.video.laserdisc‎^[2] (Usenet):
Everyone knows your gay, Mark and everyone knows your dating Frank Djeng. If you two were in the closet, the closet was made of glass. I got a report that this past weekend you two were carrying on like newlyweds at the Matrix convention in LA.
2022 January 18, Ellie Robinson, “Peach PRC has come out as a lesbian”, in NME‎^[3]:
She joked in a follow-up post on Instagram that “the closet was made of glass,” having previously identified publicly as bisexual and often sharing stories of her relationships with women on TikTok.
2022 November 1, K-Ci Williams, “Kit Connor, Star of “Heartstopper,” Came Out as Bi. He Shouldn’t Have Had To”, in Teen Vogue‎^[4]:
I spent my high school years in the closet. I remember a friend messaged me saying, “Just come out already, it’s fine, just be who you are.” He didn’t know I was queer, but I guess the closet was made of glass. In his mind, he was being supportive; in mine, he was increasing the turbulence I already felt about my sexuality and identity as a teen.
2023, William Lee Adams, Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision, New York, NY: Astra House, →ISBN, page 117:
“Little boy—you are gay.” / “No, I'm not,” I say. / “Oh, you really are,” she says. She's insistent, but not mean. My closet is made of glass and she can see right through it.