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Nearly 1 in 5 LGBTQ Adults have never come out, survey finds.

I wonder if they included the numerous closeted celebrities in Hollywood.

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by Anonymousreply 20August 1, 2024 7:11 PM

I've never come out as non binary, I just let people think I'm a gay man who loves female pop icons and mascara.

by Anonymousreply 1August 1, 2024 3:50 PM

It'd be even higher if you asked how many had never come out to work colleagues or extended family, etc.

by Anonymousreply 2August 1, 2024 3:59 PM

I think work colleagues and extended family are on a need-to-know basis R2. Even immediate family can be unsupportive, but let's start there first.

by Anonymousreply 3August 1, 2024 4:06 PM

Why I never!

by Anonymousreply 4August 1, 2024 4:11 PM

20% Good grief!

by Anonymousreply 5August 1, 2024 4:12 PM

Coming out isn't a 1 time thing. There's friends, immediate family, extended family, close co-workers, the entire office, different job co-workers, etc.

Seems like a flawed study from people who don't understand the gay community or experience at all.

by Anonymousreply 6August 1, 2024 4:14 PM

Do they get Uber eats all the time???? Imagine never seeing the sunlight ….

by Anonymousreply 7August 1, 2024 4:14 PM

^ R6, according to the study these are people who've never come out to ANYONE not people who are out to some people but not others

by Anonymousreply 8August 1, 2024 4:17 PM

It’s not flawed if they define “not coming out” as never telling anyone.

by Anonymousreply 9August 1, 2024 4:17 PM

How very very dare you!

by Anonymousreply 10August 1, 2024 4:18 PM

It'd be more interesting if they started where these people live or their background. I suspect you'll start to see patterns there.

by Anonymousreply 11August 1, 2024 4:20 PM

What are you insinuating?

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by Anonymousreply 12August 1, 2024 4:20 PM

[quote]according to the study these are people who've never come out to ANYONE not people who are out to some people but not others

That's just astonishing, if true. How sad for them that they have no one they trust enough to share such a vital part of themselves. Their lives must be brutal.

by Anonymousreply 13August 1, 2024 4:20 PM

This part of the article really stood out to me: "That rate is higher for bisexual adults, with 23% reporting that they aren’t out to anyone, compared to 5% of gay and lesbian adults."

by Anonymousreply 14August 1, 2024 4:30 PM

Religion.

by Anonymousreply 15August 1, 2024 4:32 PM

They won’t come out as non-binary.

by Anonymousreply 16August 1, 2024 4:32 PM

Fuck that noise, I couldnt deal with not being out. I started telling friends at 18, family a year or two later, I cant be fucked hiding it and havent for decades.

I'm with R13. Living like that must be horrendous, like living under the Taliban

by Anonymousreply 17August 1, 2024 4:33 PM

[quote]This part of the article really stood out to me: "That rate is higher for bisexual adults, with 23% reporting that they aren’t out to anyone, compared to 5% of gay and lesbian adults."

Sounds right to me. I know a number of celebrities have come out as bisexual, but in the reality-based world, most of the people who identify as such are nearly always head cases. The "bisexual" married-to-a-woman dudes are gay and in denial, which I can comprehend only because *I* initially came out as bi, for all of a month.

by Anonymousreply 18August 1, 2024 4:46 PM

It’s all about trannies. No one cares about us fags anymore except Matt Damon.

by Anonymousreply 19August 1, 2024 6:49 PM

R19, not true. Which is why many gay and bi people are still closeted

by Anonymousreply 20August 1, 2024 7:11 PM
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