This week is the week of coming out: From Lindsay Lohan finally admitting to dating DJ Sam Ronson "for a very long time" to Clay Aiken, proud new daddy and proudly out GAY man (no surprise there), it seems that everyone has decided to jump out of the closet and show Sarah Palin who they are. (Ha! Can Lindsay please hit on Governor P? Please??) And, OMFG, there was even a blind item this week about a famous TV housewife who is getting separated from her real-life husband (her beard?) and is rumored to be coming out SOON!
Anyway, long gone are the days when kissing a fellow contestant in a limo full of models was considered cool or edgy (three years ago, I kissed fellow contestant Sarah Rhoades in front of the cameras on "America's Next Top Model"), or when the statement "Yep, I'm gay" was actually daring — people claimed that would end Ellen DeGeneres' career, and now she's one of America's most beloved talk-show hosts, has a hot wife, and gets all the free episodes of "Arrested Development" that she wants! (Yep, I'm jealous.) Remember the uproar when some people claimed one of the Teletubbies might be gay?
That said, it's true that most people in Hollywood aren't quite ready to come out yet (and of course we're still waiting on Bert and Ernie). But I am excited to say that, while my kiss on national television might still be shocking to Mom and Dad Stolz (and apparently YouTube, which still only allows "members" to see the "inappropriate" kiss between two girls), Lindsay Lohan has made being a lesbian an afterthought. And when I saw the cover of People, with Clay Aiken exclaiming "Yes, I'm gay," I couldn't help but merely say: "Uh-huh. What's the big deal?" — although things don't seem to have gotten much easier for male heartthrobs of the industry.
We certainly have a long way to go, and a long aisle to walk down before we can say "I do." But at least, with the help of some Hollywood folk, we are getting there.
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