请阅读Passage2，完成第小题。 Passage2 NBAcentreJasonCollinsrecentlyannouncedhewasgayinacoverstoryforSports Illustrated.Inotherwords,he"cameoutofthecloset."Thisexpressionforrevealingone'shomosexualitymayseemnatural.Beingintheclosetimplieshidingfromtheoutsideworld,andtheactofcomingoutofitimpliesthewilltostophiding.Butthoughtheclosethaslongbeenametaphorforprivacyorsecrecy,itsusewithreferencetohomosexualityisrelativelyrecent. AccordingtoGeorgeChauncey'scomprehensivehistoryofmoderngayculture,GayNewYork,theclosetmetaphorwasnotusedbygaypeopleuntilthe1960s.Beforethen,itdoesn'tappearanywhere"intherecordsofthegaymovementorinthenovels,diaries,orlettersofgaymenandlesbians." "Comingout,"however,haslongbeenusedinthegaycommunity,butitfirstmeantsomethingdifferentthanitdoesnow."Agayman'scomingoutoriginallyreferredtohisbeingformallypresentedtothelargestcollectivemanifestationofprewargaysociety,theenormousdragballsthatwerepatternedonthedebutanteandmasqueradeballsofthedominantcultureandwereregularlyheldinNewYork,Chicago,NewOrleans,Baltimore,andothercities."Thephrase"comingout"didnotrefertocomingoutofhiding,buttojoiningintoasocietyofpeers.Thephrasewasborrowedfromtheworldofdebutanteballs,whereyoungwomen"cameout"inbeingofficially introducedtosociety. Thegaydebutanteballswereamatterofpublicrecordandoftencoveredinthenewspaper,so"comingout"withingaysocietyoftenmeantrevealingyoursexualorientationinthewidersocietyaswell,butthephrasedidn'tnecessarilycarrytheimplicationthatifyouhadn'tyetcomeout,youwerekeepingitasecret.Therewereothermetaphorsfortheactofhidingorrevealinghomosexuality.Gaypeoplecould"wearamask"or"takeoffthemask".Amancould"wearhishairup"or"lethishairdown",or"drophairpins"thatwouldonlyberecognizedbyothergaymen. Itisunclearexactlywhengaypeoplestartedusingtheclosetmetaphor,but"itmayhavebeenusedinitiallybecausemanymenwhoremained'covert'thoughtoftheirhomosexualityasasortof'skeletoninthecloset'."Itmayalsohavecomefromoutsiderswhovieweditthatway.Itseemsthat"comingoutofthecloset"wasbornasamixtureoftwometaphors:adebutanteproudlysteppingintothearmsofacommunityandashockingsecretbeingkeptinhiding.Now.thecommunityisthewidercommunity,andthesecretisnolongershocking,"Comingout"isausefulphrase,butitneednotimplyacloset. Whatdoes"takeoffthemask"meanamonggaypeople? 查看材料
A.To show he is homosexual.
B.To hide his homosexuality.
C.It means that he wants to change his sexual orientation.
D.It means that he doesn't want to be homosexual.
正确答案是A