Coming Out

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

To mark National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, Sam examines the history, meaning and future of coming out with University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor Marcia Gallo and E. Patrick Johnson of Northwestern University. He also shares coming out stories from listeners and swaps stories with NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels or email [email protected].

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0:00.0	Sam.
0:03.0	Hi, Bob.
0:04.5	Hello.
0:05.5	How are you?
0:06.5	I'm fine.
0:07.5	Good.
0:08.5	So I was just telling Brent, I'm not sure that the audience, that I'm out to the audience.
0:12.7	I mean, I am, right?
0:13.7	I mean.
0:14.7	Because I have been for like 30 years, but, but, but.
0:21.3	From NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:22.9	It's been a minute.
0:24.6	Today on the show, we're talking about coming out.
0:27.5	Coming out day is October 11th, and this year is the 30th anniversary of that day.
0:33.1	And I think that I always think every year around this time is, it's never just one day.
0:39.0	Coming out happens differently for everyone, often more than once.
0:42.9	And for some of us, it seems a process really never ends.
0:46.6	Case in point, my friend Bob Mandello.
0:49.4	Film critic for NPR is all things considered.
0:52.2	How old are you, Bob?
0:53.4	I turned 70 next year.
0:55.2	Shut up.
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