Pete Zahut:
I'm from a redneck small town area in Arkansas that has 2 congregations and have relatives in both which is why I left the area as soon as I could in the late 90s and I'm sure a lot of people knew I was gay or suspected even though I was not out. I'm out to friends and some family but I don't see the need to completely out myself to everybody that I'm around since I'm not that social anyway.
One of my nephews (never a JW) is 28 and he tells me it is no longer a big deal if anybody is gay anymore; however that is still not the case. The bigotry, hatred and hostility is just hidden more.
LRG