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Would you have felt differently if she said it was her husband or significant other? I would be annoyed by your colleague thinking you should give her brownie points for telling everyone that she's gay. Personally, I would rather know that someone is wearing their sexuality as a badge of honor so that I can avoid them. I stay away from manipulative people. I have had gay friends and family members and none of them are expected a pat on the back for being openly gay.
MAS I think you are reading too deeply into my response and my interpretation of OPs post. Nothing was directed towards you personally. There are folk who want a trophy or preferential treatment for things that are not "special", often for attention. In this case OP confirmed this was not the case in this instance.
OP: We should be beyond the idea that someone is brave for acknowledging certain marginalized parts of themselves. It should be no different than a straight person acknowledging their spouse similarly. But, the fact remains that the current climate shows waning acceptance for the LGBT community. It really is brave to just put it out there.
I disagree. I don't view it as brave. Just comfortable with who she is. The oddity is the colleague who felt the need to draw attention to it.
I think there are 3 people in this scenario! OP, the new person (who is gay) and a third person that told OP that the new person is brave.
I don't think the new person bragged about it. Am I right, OP?
I once had a manager say “I didn’t know ___ was gay!” in a shocked but seemingly innocent (as in just genuinely shocked way). I told him yes? I didn’t get why it was a needed to question lol