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Is “Admit” the Wrong Word in Coming Out Stories?

by Bach Polakowski | Dec 22, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett | 2 comments

Blogger David Badash at the New Civil Rights Movement is going after CNN for using the term “admit” in describing the way international rugby star Gareth Thomas announced that he was gay. Here’s how CNN said it, in a story headlined “Thomas...

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