• jeffw@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s the point. We’ll never know if, at some point in history, there was a closeted gay person in any role. That’s why we always say “first openly gay person” in these situations.

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      11 months ago

      For example with Milonov it is very clear: he is gay. Even if he says otherwise.