There was an interesting string of comments about outing on crooked timber after this blog, which started outing people:

http://www.blogactive.blogspot.com/

There was the usual handwringing about how unethical and how problematic it all is, and how not very nice it is to talk about peoples secerts, and how sexuailty has no place in the popular discourse of a nation, i made two comments, this one is the least contextual and the most concise.

The only way to stop homophobia is to recognize that their are queer folk around, in impt positions doing impt things.
The vital thing is to make sure that instutions will become open to all sorts, and by having some people being willing to hide and make polite makes it impossible for the rest of us to have those jobs and be those people.
Those in power will chose those in closet over those in the streets, unless we make it impossible for them to be in the closet.