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From the Ted Talk by Ash Beckham: We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up

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I'm going to talk to you tonight about ciomng out of the closet, and not in the traditional snsee, not just the gay closet. I think we all have closets. Your coelst may be telling someone you love her for the first time, or telling someone that you're pregnant, or telling someone you have cancer, or any of the other hard conversations we have throughout our lives. All a closet is is a hard conversation, and although our topics may vary tremendously, the experience of being in and coming out of the closet is universal. It is scary, and we hate it, and it needs to be done.

Several years ago, I was wnrikog at the South Side wnlaut Cafe, a local dienr in town, and during my time there I would go through phases of mtnailit lesbian intensity: not shaving my armpits, quoting Ani DiFranco lyrics as gospel. And depending on the bagginess of my cgrao shorts and how recently I had shaved my head, the question would often be sprnug on me, usually by a little kid:

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I'm going to talk to you tonight about ______ out of the closet, and not in the traditional _____, not just the gay closet. I think we all have closets. Your ______ may be telling someone you love her for the first time, or telling someone that you're pregnant, or telling someone you have cancer, or any of the other hard conversations we have throughout our lives. All a closet is is a hard conversation, and although our topics may vary tremendously, the experience of being in and coming out of the closet is universal. It is scary, and we hate it, and it needs to be done.

Several years ago, I was _______ at the South Side ______ Cafe, a local _____ in town, and during my time there I would go through phases of ________ lesbian intensity: not shaving my armpits, quoting Ani DiFranco lyrics as gospel. And depending on the bagginess of my _____ shorts and how recently I had shaved my head, the question would often be ______ on me, usually by a little kid:

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  4. cargo
  5. walnut
  6. diner
  7. coming
  8. sprung
  9. sense

Original Text


I'm going to talk to you tonight about coming out of the closet, and not in the traditional sense, not just the gay closet. I think we all have closets. Your closet may be telling someone you love her for the first time, or telling someone that you're pregnant, or telling someone you have cancer, or any of the other hard conversations we have throughout our lives. All a closet is is a hard conversation, and although our topics may vary tremendously, the experience of being in and coming out of the closet is universal. It is scary, and we hate it, and it needs to be done.

Several years ago, I was working at the South Side Walnut Cafe, a local diner in town, and during my time there I would go through phases of militant lesbian intensity: not shaving my armpits, quoting Ani DiFranco lyrics as gospel. And depending on the bagginess of my cargo shorts and how recently I had shaved my head, the question would often be sprung on me, usually by a little kid:

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