KINGS, QUEENS AND KNAVES

There’s a right way and a wrong way to come out. Kevin Spacey got it wrong. Nick Cook writes that there are three essential questions around coming out that the LGBTI community must grapple with and own, no matter how uncomfortable.

In the age of social media, confessional culture and high-profile sex abuse allegations, the delicate art of coming out – or not – just became even trickier. Kevin Spacey played his hand badly and was punished for it. Others have done it better. In this feature, Nick Cook asserts that there are three essential questions around coming out that the LGBTI community must grapple with and own – no matter how uncomfortable.