magsmay
I know someone who works for a big national daily.
When a celebrity 'comes out', it is rarely ever a case of "Hi world...I'm gay".
Normally, it comes up during an interview, and it's not a static statement like that. It will be someone referring to their boyfriend (if they are male) or girlfriend (if they are female).
The interviewer will then ask, "Oh, so you're gay?"
They will respond, and then that becomes the headline, "So and so confirms that they are gay", which people then interpret as "shouting it from the rooftops".
The other situation will be when someone is prompted by a newspaper to come out because they are going to publish a salacious story anyway.
Very, very, very few celebrities run to the newspapers to announce that they are gay.
My mate is the entertainments editor of a national newspaper.
He knows.