How many LGBTQ+ adults are out of the closet? Almost all — with these exceptions

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-adults-out-of-closet

#PhilDonahue #interviewed a #gay #man before #Stonewall on #TV & was an #LGBTQ+ #ally thereafter.

"Through my #activism, I began to realize what it must be like to be #born, to #live, and to #die in #TheCloset. I can't even imagine it.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Representation #Culture

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/phil-donahue-interviewed-a-gay-man-before-stonewall-on-tv-was-an-lgbtq-ally-thereafter/

Nearly 1 in 5 #LGBTQ+ #Americans are still in #TheCloset, says new #study.

A new #Gallup #survey of #queer #adults in #America has #goodnews and #badnews for the #LGBTQ+ #community. On the bright side, folks feel #comfortable #comingout at younger ages — but only if they feel comfortable coming out at all.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/nearly-one-in-five-lgbtq-americans-are-still-in-the-closet-says-new-study/

“I had to go back into #TheCloset when I got a #cabincrew #job – I became a #stranger in my own #life”

When #KarenMcLeod started #working as #cabincrew in the late 90s, she assumed she’d feel #welcome. But after telling a #colleague about her #sexuality, she was encouraged to hide who she was.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Travel #Tourism #Airlines #Workplace #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/cabin-crew-homophobia-karen-mcleod-lifting-off/895433

I can hear you coming!

#MikeJohnson #TheCloset #Pedophilia

“I’ve Never Been in #TheCloset:” #NcutiGatwa on #Publicly #Describing Himself as #Queer for the First Time.

In a recent #British #GQ #profile, Gatwa discussed being #publicly #queer, #comingout to his #mom, and more.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #TV #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.them.us/story/ncuti-gatwa-queer-on-people-assuming-his-sexuality

On #NationalComingOutDay, #closeted #LGBTQ #people remind us that they’re here too.

In light of National Coming Out Day, #queer and #trans people are taking the #microphone, #amplifying their #voices from inside #TheCloset—even if it still means choosing not to #ComeOut.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #ComingOut #Representation #Culture #NationalComingOutDay

https://www.reckon.news/lgbtq/2023/10/on-national-coming-out-day-closeted-lgbtq-people-remind-us-that-theyre-here-too.html