INTERVIEW: Freshman’s Coming Out Not as Exciting as Expected

In an exclusive interview with the Georgetown Heckler, first-year Hoya Tom Davenport (COL ’06) bears all about his profoundly unexciting coming out.

GH: What happened when you came out as a homosexual?

TD: Well, it just wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. I always thought that people would be shocked or surprised, but I guess everyone already knew I was gay.

GH: They did?

TD: Yeah. My mom said that my collection of Chicken Soup For the Soul books and my subscription to Playgirl Magazine were good indicators of my sexual preference. They also told me that they’d known I was a homosexual since they found my stash Richard Simmons videos and Prince tapes when I was twelve.

GH: What happened when you told your peers at Georgetown that you were gay?

TD: My best friend said that he knew all along, too. When I asked how, he made reference to the time he saw me making out with that guy from Village C while watching DVDs of Will & Grace by candlelight. Now that I think about it, I guess I can see why nobody was really surprised.

GH: Me too.