Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"The waste generated by the closet is primarily personal: the waste of a life lived inauthentically. Gay persons know this just as well as others who've pretended to be someone they really aren't. It's remarkable how universal the closet is, and how familiar the experience. I know people whose fathers wanted them in the family business so badly that they gave up on their dreams to become teachers, and others whose parents wanted them to become doctors when all they wanted was to write or paint. The years pass, you get tired of fighting the familial and social pressures ("the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice"), and before you know it you've convinced yourself that you're right where you belong, or worse, right where you deserve to be." -- Dana Beyer, 2013-08-19