National Coming Out Day

Yesterday was National Coming Out Day, and the GSA at my school made a video where two people "came out". It was brave of those girls and everything...but I have to say that I was slightly...disgruntled?

I didn't feel uncomfortable, I have gay friends and I wouldn't change them for anything. But, why do I have to witness someone's "coming out"? Does that mean that when people realize they're straight, they should make videos to say "I'm straight"? I don't understand why it's a huge deal to come out National Coming Out Day...does it mean that if you come out on this day that it's more symbolic and means more than if you came out on another day? If there is a National Coming Out Day, why can't there be a National Being Straight Day? Because being straight is the "norm"? I thought that gay people wanted to just be accepted, but if they keep making a huge deal out of being gay, it makes them seem different, no?

I just don't think that a school is a place to make these kinds of videos. It should be optional, not at a school meeting for everyone to hear. My school has not allowed a Christian club (where Christians and non-Christians meet possibly for 20-30 minutes once per week before school) because it "upsets" some faculty members, board members, and students. But what if being gay offended someone? THEN, the parents of the gay student would complain and bring up issues and whatnot.

Double standards. They stink.