What Brutal said, was pretty much on the mark for me as well. For the most part, (meaning, if it had yet to become the target of talks shows, plots, etc) I do not think that the community should go public. But seeing how there are always going to be crazy retards that go and do something stupid to make the rest of us look bad, then it wouldn't be a bad idea if it were approached in a more educated manner. Seeing as we have had a lot of negative light on our community, it would not hurt for some positive light to be shed on it. Talk shows are definitely not the way to go about it, especially since most of them are trash anyways. Depending on the person and how the topic is approached, going public can be done in a positive way, as BriGuy experienced. But basically that is going to depend on how the message is delivered and how accepting the other person is. But that's just the way I view it. Everybody that I felt needed to know, I told. Anybody else... who cares? What difference does it make to me? It's not like I'm gonna parade around town in a shirt and diapers.