Happiness?

Just read zbout the death at 99, of Stanley Baxter. An icon of British TV back in the 1960's, 1970's. Whzt struck me was he came out as gay in 2020 and stated that whilst many people were now happy to be gay he never was, and still wasn't, and still didn't want to be gay. How sad is that, and what does it say about a life led in the closet?

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

My goodness. That's so sad. I didn't realize that he only came out so comparatively recently. That would make him about 94 at the time!

what does it say about a life led in the closet?

I can't speak for everyone in the closet but coming out lifted a weight from my shoulders. I suspect that it would do so for many people; I think many people worry unduly about the consequences of coming out. I know I did. Then taking that final step of not changing back to trousers when going home took away a burden I hadn't consciously realized I was carrying.

Such a contrast between him and people like Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi

Here's a video of the two of them being a bit camp making mistakes in a rehearsal
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