Coming Out

Year: 1979

Runtime: 69 mins

Language: English

Director: Carol Wiseman

DramaComedy

Lewis, a gay author of romance novels, pens a popular gay‑issues column under the pseudonym “Zippy Grimes” to avoid alienating his largely female readership, as he has not yet come out. The piece sparks a flood of responses from closeted gay men. He meets several of them and, compelled by their stories, finally reveals his own sexuality.

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