For one of my friends, it was like they were acting all the time as a straight person. When they came out they wanted to express their new self.
One of my friends stayed in the closet for years, even when all his friends knew he was gay, and we kept telling him we didn't care. When he came out of the closet, he was over the top flamboyant. After a couple more years, he really toned back on most of the mannerisms. It was like he tried on the flamboyancy and then decided he just liked men, not the act.
I mean... You quite literally paid for an Alligator Alcatraz hat. This means you provided profit to the shopkeeper for selling an Alligator Alcatraz hat. If you had impulse control, and just left, you wouldn't have financially supported the shopkeeper.