HOW-TO:
PROTECT YOUR GAY-TECH
LIFE!
It’s simple; living in an Arab world still isn’t much open-minded as the west side of the world. We’re still surrounded by closed-minded family and homophobic friends. We’re still living in a world were knowledge on such issues (homosexuality) isn’t available at hand to everybody. So the whole issue of coming out isn’t the same of being outted by accident or being forced by a certain situation, it’s just not the same. And since you’re not the next supermodel on a local magazine covers to get outted by the papers and tabloids! You don’t deal with life of fame, drama and scandals nor do you live the life of a gay boy in the world of Gossip Girl, NO! But you’re still involved with a much worse place, reality, where that life of yours you'd want to remain discreet! So My.Kali.mag dug deep, stepped into the mud to get you the best of how-to avoid such dirt. We looked for all the possible and made mistakes that could force your outing, and since we live in such a high-tech dig-using world, we focused on your gay-tech world of yours, where you think it's safe, but after you read this page it's much SAFER, so try following these tips to help you reduce the chances.
Make sure to delete your inbox messages and your sent out items too, constantly! (Up) On Gossip Girl, Eric Van Der Woodsen (Connor Paolo) got outed by the evil bitch Gorgina, cause he wasn't cautious enough when he kissed his BF publicly on the school's corner. Here he is talking to his BF on the phone. (Right, Eric's BF with Jenny Humphrey) >>> |
Have your mobile on vibrating, always no matter what! |
Protect your friends and camouflage the flamboyant ones by changing their names! |
Never give out neither calling from your home or work place! |
SMALL TIPS FOR BIGGER
PROTECTION
You're Yahoo!
Yahoo! Now gives a higher protection on your email. When you press the mail button on the home page, you'll find a link on the (Sign-In) box "Are you protected? Create your sign-in seal" click on it to fill up a form so you'll develop a higher protection on your email from any one to snoop around or hack!
You're Diaries (on PC, and this one also works for the regular old fashion paper one too)
When writing your dairy about something gay, you could transfer the words you feel afraid of being read by anyone but you, to a different kind of word, even if you read it years from now, you'll understand exactly what it was all about. Example: "Dear Dairy, today my best friend Amer knew I was a cookie…" cookie means >> gay
You're messenger/mail
Most of us leave there mail open for hours, or you put the "away" smiley face on your messenger while you go to the market, but now you need to think twice! Being cautious about your gay life is something you should work on and protecting on a continuous basis, and leaving such a mine-field like that could destroy you, it's the space where your gay friends and gay-related mails nest, and it's such a hazardous place for anyone to see but you, and you need to be careful about it. So ALWAYS SIGN OUT FROM YOUR E MAIL AND YOUR MESSENGER when you get up, even when you hit the bathroom.
You're Screen comment!
What's that all about?! A lot of people have family, friends, BFs' all in one messenger list, in fact, most! And we tend to forget about that, and that's when you go writing a comment like "missing the sale is hard, but what's harder is being gay!" and bam, there's where family or straight friends read it, next thing you know, it's the hottest gossip on campus, then you're OUT to everyone by accident! So no more such obvious comments unless you have your own gay messenger, other than that, try to camouflage it, or change any words that could reveal you're gay!