coming out of the broom closet

Verb

come out of the broom closet (third-person singular simple present comes out of the broom closet, present participle coming out of the broom closet, simple past and past participle come out of the broom closet)

1. (idiomatic) To publicly reveal that one is a Wiccan or some other type of neopagan.
   • Second, despite constitutional guarantees of religions freedom and practice, and despite the rhetoric of tolerance with which religion in American society is cloaked, "coming out of the broom closet" and declaring oneself Wiccan or Witch remains a very risky act for many people, precisely because...2005, Douglas E. Cowan, Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet, page 36