Salon.com > Eddie Long http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 10:45:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 LGBT’s worst foe: The Closet Monster http://www.salon.com/2012/06/23/lgbts_worst_foe_the_closet_monster/ http://www.salon.com/2012/06/23/lgbts_worst_foe_the_closet_monster/#comments Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12942809 Was anyone surprised when new research suggested that some homophobes were really closet cases? Maybe someone under a rock the past 30 years, because now when a preacher/politician/activist condemns homosexuals, it's even money that there's a rent boy close by with a delightfully filthy story to tell.

As Pride parades take over the streets this weekend and the days ahead, Salon is definitively documenting a particularly virulent enemy of freedom -- the Closet Monster -- beginning with this slide show, which we'll update with your suggestions and any new additions that emerge over time. The criteria: public figures who were actively anti-gay while cloaked in the darkness of the closet. Post your suggestions in the Comments below, and email tips to ClosetMonsters@salon.com.

Slide show researched and compiled by Katie Ryder

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