Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWithout getting in a fight. Why is it called coming out of the closest? Where did it begin? I mean why not a garagde or a bedroom or something? How did it become a reference to homosexuals?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWithout getting in a fight. Why is it called coming out of the closest? Where did it begin? I mean why not a garagde or a bedroom or something? How did it become a reference to homosexuals?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoIsn’t “keeping it in the closet” an English language idiom that just means “to keep it secret”? I’d always figured “coming out of the closet” evolved from there.
Isn’t “keeping it in the closet” an English language idiom that just means “to keep it secret”? I’d always figured “coming out of the closet” evolved from there.