!2
express
themselves
honestly. They
wished
to
be
oome
out
from !heir
family
unit
or
"c!oset" in
metaphor. To give
dearer explm-.ation let
us
see
the
following s!atement that
Whal
cm1
you d
ooe?
answer
is ob"iow.You're not
alone,
and
you
can't afford to
try
to be. Timt
closet
door--cnever
very
secure
as
prolertion--is
even
more dangerous now. You
must
rome
olll, for
yol.lf own
sake and for the sake of
all
of
us.
(Bergman,
!990: 48)
The expression
above
informed us
.at
it was written
from
gay to
otl:>.er
geys.[t
giv
U$
the
h'nage
of
homcsexual
on tne moment. There were
only few
:>penly gay
propi.e at
ilie
moment. The ood=see intends to
urge the
other
homosexuals m
come out,
show
true
dentities
artd
fight
their own
rights. The
addressee
expects
the
hemosexuals
ooutd
have
the
justness as
the
heterosexuals oo
they
could
live
without
using
ide!'.J:ity anymore.
act ca.Ued
'coming
as th.e opposite oft.'le "closef'.
following
inform!!.tion
from
http:J/vrvvw.kunci.or.id/teks/05gay.l:itm:
d!is
term
<llama
dalam
wacana
ho:nO!leXIll!li:tas
mode.-n,
yai!u:
'closet'
('.closet)
dan
'coming
ou-t' {:<e!ua:r).
Term
'klooet'
dlgunakan
sebagai
metaphor
unwk
menyatskan
ruang
privet
a!&u ru:ang subkultur
dimana
seseorang
dapat
mendlruninya
seem-a
jujllT, !engk&p
dengan
!reselllll&'mn
identitasnya yang
utuh.
Sedang!am
term
'coming out' digunakan UTituk menyetakan ebpresi
dra.'Illltis
'kedetang,m' yang
bersifet pdvat a!&u public.
(Tili,..'Te
are twu
main
tru:ms on
the
mc.ctefll
OOmo:se;ru--cJity"closet' and
coming
out'. The
term
'closet' is
metaphorically
used
as
a
private
room
or
subculture
Vihere
individuals
could
live honestly
wit.'J.
the!r true !dertlities. On
the
other
lw:td,
'corning
out'
is used as
a
dramatic
expression
on
whet
they
experi.enced
privately or
publicly.)
L'l the
statement
above,
we
rna.y
know
how
the
homosexuals are
being
oppressed
by
me
society.
!he
eorn;equenoo of
hcte;-csexual's .iudgment,
they live
as
pretender.
However, k'l.ey still
have a
place wt,ere they
oou!d
be themselves
in
the community
of
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