I will be another that says you can only choose to be in a closet. Heck, I live in ultra conservative Utah. It took a member of this board to take me out of my house and show me that it can be done to get me going. At that time I realized that all the walls keeping me in my house were constructed by me. Yes, coming out of the closet may have repercussions. Life has repercussions with everything we do. You have to decide what is important to you and if it is important enough, you will tear the walls down. Do you want to love life or regret the years you have lived?

Self imposed prisons are the worst...