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Do you hide your LGBT Status?

Submitted by SamanthaMD on Wed, 2016/06/22 - 11:28pm

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Well, do you?
This article on the BBC ahead of this years 'London Pride' (I'll have a pint please...) sorry, 'Pride in London'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36603501

Only two people know about the real me. So yes I do hide it. Personally, I made that decision 40+ years ago and got on with my life.
Places like this allow me to express myself but I still dress almost every day. Ok, so I live alone like many here I guess.

To quote

- 2% of the population has been bullied at work because of their gender, compared with 10% of LGBT+ respondents in our survey
- 77% of LGBT+ respondents said they felt uncomfortable being their true self in public, against 23% of the general population
- 59% of LGBT+ respondents had felt threatened by other people's attitudes and behaviours towards them, compared with 16% of the wider population
- 41% of gay men said they would think twice about holding a partner's hand in public, dropping to 5% among the general population

Am I going to come out at any point?
I doubt it but attending Gabycon 2017 (if held) is on my bucket list.

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