Prof. Luis Menéndez-Antuña Featured in BU Today
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “My Coming Out Story: Luis Menéndez-Antuña” by Alene Bouranova, featuring Assistant Professor of New Testament Luis Menéndez-Antuña, published on June 8, 2022. Click here to read the full article.
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I’m not a big fan of the coming-out narrative. It assumes that you’re hiding somewhere, and then there’s a moment of enlightenment where you realize who you truly are and decide to share it with the world. I’m not saying that that’s not a good narrative. I think it works for some people. But I don’t think it works for everyone.
So for me, there’s not a coming-out narrative that I endorse for my own personal life. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t had to share my sexual preferences with the world at certain points. (The first time I said, “I’m gay,” to somebody was to a very close friend when I was 21.) I’m actually very open about it; I love talking about sex and sexuality. I’m very open professionally, personally, spiritually…you name it.