Someone who will not cower and scurry away like Mark Foley

Or even worse, to maliciously attack his own community in order to score brownie points and votes from the public, which Foley did incessantly before being caught with his pants down, so to speak.

or stay safely in the closet like Michael did for all his life.

Even though after a while, he was fooling absolutely nobody with his denials, as was the case with Liberace back in the days when most gay people felt the need to live in the closest coupled with strong public denials about their natural preferences.