Looks like I'm going to be out at work again. I was out a few years ago, back before I got into the ex-gay thing and tried to go straight, but most of the folks I worked with are no longer with the company or scattered around in other departments. (I'm in a different department now, too.)

A couple weeks ago, there was a letter in the Lexington Herald-Leader claiming that gays can change. The writer based her evidence on "seminars" she had attended. (Love Won Out, maybe? John Paulk is a wonderful example of how gays can change )

Anyway, that letter was just the usual propaganda and I felt compelled to respond. They printed my reply in today's edition, which you can check out here (scroll down to"Cannot change").

Should be interesting to see what happens. The Herald-Leader is the paper everyone at work reads. One of the guys on first shift brings it in everyday and leaves it in the breakroom and everybody else on all three shifts picks through it the rest of the day.

Judging from previous experience, I can pretty much guess what will happen. One or two people may say something, but most of the rest will pretend they never saw it. A couple people will stop speaking to me, and a few others will suddenly become more friendly.

I won't try to guess who will do what. When I came out before, the people I expected to have the least problem with it were the ones who started avoiding me. The biker types that I figured would be most homophobic turned out to be the most supportive.

Guess I'm just not a very good judge of character.