What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They… — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to… — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
What I don't understand is how a policy against outing trumps a policy of reporting. Whenever you're reporting on hypocrisy, you're kind of 'outing'… — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
Sometimes there's kind of an "ick" factor around talking about anything about gay sexuality, for certain readers. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
There's a whole gay culture in DC, and there are as many gay Republicans as there are gay Democrats. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image
I do think there are very few extreme right-wing gay Republicans. Although it depends how you define "extreme right-wing." They're making a political calculation. — Kirby Dick Copy Share Image