He's only inching out of it to expand what's acceptable, not to gain acceptance. He decides he can still retain his hot straight jock academic image despite being in Romeo and Juliet. It isn't a step towards coming out the way Peter would use it. Peter wouldn't even consciously use it as a stepping stone - he'd just naturally loosen up in that atmosphere I think.
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Date: 2008-08-26 02:05 pm (UTC)