Am I out at work? [View All]

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Should be an easy question. But let's face it, it isn't. Now, I am out to faculty. I am out to some students (nearly all of them are in the GSA). But I have taken a fifth amendment approach to the other students. So, am I out? Turns out, I guess I am. Today I had a student making up a test, who is a very good friend of a student I had last semester. This student had reacted to the announcement of the GSA but had made a point of asking how the meeting went and if I was "taking crap" for the announcement. Soon talk turned to one thing and another and he asked, I told. Then I told him that I felt that if the other student knew he might think less of me. This kid told me that that one already knew and that he was fine with it.

So I guess I am out at work. Funny how that works.

The retirement dinner I went to tonight made me realize just how far out at work I really have become. Only one person at this dinner knew I was gay (it was for a coworker at my former school) and the comparision is striking. It really is better being honest at work.

I am considering actually just answering yes the next time I am directly asked (I actually likely would have told my stats class had it asked). At this point, I am not sure what the difference would be.