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closet, the:
1. The place where some homosexual men and women hide , figuratively speaking, their sexual-orientation .
See also: come-out-of-the-closet ; stay-in-the-closet ; wear-a-mourning-veil .

2. To conceal one's homosexuality to oneself and/or to others. Synonym: in-the-closet . Come out of the closet means to acknowledge one's homosexuality , to come to terms with one's sexual-orientation and to live true to one's sexuality.

3. To refuse to associate with known homosexuals for fear of being discovered.

Quotes:

(1) Franky/Francesca (Ione Skye) to her gay cousin who lied to his father about having a girlfriend in Dream for an Insomniac (1999): ' Is it a little stuffy in that closet there, Roberto? '

(2) Graffiti or slogan: ' The closet is an awful place to die .'




See Also: jump out with both feet, go public, tenderfoot, W.C., canned fruit, closet, the, dunny, jump out of the closet, let one's hair down, wear a mourning veil, dry queen, eyeball the back of the closet door, in the closet, iron closet, closet case, closet queer, closet gay, hidden queen, out, outed, privy queen, stool pigeon, Stonewall Uprising, The, T-room queen, tea room queen, tearoom queen, Johnny Queen, throne queen, toilet queen, Toilet Tessie, closet dyke, closeted, cedarchest sissy, angel with a dirty face, bring out (of the closet), confused, debut, washroom faggot, closet queen, come out,

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