OUTING

Outing

Outing is the act of disclosing a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person's sexual orientation or gender identity without that person's consent. Outing gives rise to issues of privacy, choice, hypocrisy, and harm in addition to sparking debate on what constitutes common good in efforts to combat homophobia and heterosexism. A publicized outing targets prominent figures in a society, for example well-known politicians, accomplished athletes or popular artists. Opponents to LGBT rights movements as well as activists within LGBT communities have used this type of outing as a controversial political campaign or tactic. In an attempt to pre-empt being outed, an ...

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outing

Noun

  1. A pleasure trip or excursion.
  2. The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent.
  3. An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.

Verb

outing



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