1.   And he knows what it is like to lead a heterosexual life, a closeted gay life and an openly gay life.

2.   In her Shaker-furniture-filled office, Sister Frances explained that accepting artists into their closeted monastic life was at first a shocking idea.

3.   Milk, now a Wall Street businessman in gray flannel suit, pleads for the virtue -- the necessity -- of the closeted life.

4.   Some gay men discover their sexual orientation while in seminary or the priesthood, and leave because they do not want to live closeted lives.