Why Is "Outing" Someone Still A Threat In 2022?

Earlier this week, actor Rebel Wilson found herself being forced into making a choice: come out to the world and publicly state that she is in a relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma, or face being "outed" by a gossip columnist.

Rebel's choice to announce her relationship on her own terms was widely applauded, as many felt it was unfair that she'd been forced to disclose who she was dating to begin with, and wondered why is a woman dating another woman considered headline news in 2022?

The Quicky speaks to a queer studies academic, an advocate for the LGBTIQA+ community, and a celebrity who faced her own public coming out, to find out what impact the threat of being publicly "outed" has on a person, whether they are famous or not.

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen - Academic in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Australian National University, whose research interests include feminism, gender and queer studies

Beccy Cole OAM - Australian singer-songwriter, host of Saturday Night Country on ABC Radio, working mother, comedienne, and author

Rodney Croome AM - Long-time LGBTQIA+ equality advocate and spokesperson for the advocacy and lobby group Just.Equal

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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