semicloseted

alternative semi-closeted

1. not comparablePartially open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.

   Glenn Burke was 27 when he walked out on Major League Baseball, his promising career as an outfielder undone mostly by the burden of being a semicloseted gay man.

   2014 July 14, John Branch, “Posthumous Recognition”, in The New York Times

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   Suffice it to say, this is a passionate subfandom, populated mostly by stans who are LGBTQ+ themselves. The shared belief is that, for whatever reason, Taylor is semi-closeted—a protective business move, perhaps, or maybe a simple desire for privacy.

   2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan