Come out, come out wherever you are!

Today is National Coming Out Day, a day devoted to supporting and raise awareness of LGBT issues.

Coming out is a difficult yet important process in the life of a gay man or woman. Because, newsflash gentlemen, it's a little difficult to convince people that you're straight when you're having sex with men. Closets are for clothes, not people.

I have a friend, E___, who is so far in the closet he's in Narnia. He swears up and down that he's straight, regardless of the fact that he has hooked up with several of my male friends. Several.

Just because you're in the closet, boys, doesn't mean that you're hidden and no one can see you. The closet isn't literal. When you're hooking up with guys, we can see you. When you're on the internet, chatting up guys, we can see you. And when you're asking a guy that you've hooked up with "where this is going," WE CAN SEE YOU.

The thing about being in the closet is you are only fooling yourself. What I remember from childhood hide-and-go-seek sessions where my hiding place of choice was the closet, ensconced amongst Barbie dolls and winter clothes, is that the closet is dark and lonely and cramped. It is not a very cheerful place, especially when you can hear the other kids playing outside.

So come out and play.