It's no wonder that people feel nervous about doing it. This means that revealing to others that you are gay or lesbian can still be an emotional process fraught with difficulty. Huge changes in social attitudes over recent decades have meant that in many countries it's now much more accepted that humans naturally have different sexual orientations, and this is no big deal.īut these changes have not happened to the same degree everywhere, and even if the society you live in is more welcoming of gay people, you may still encounter individual prejudice, or negative reactions from your own loved ones. Are you hoping or planning to come out as gay to family and friends?Īre anxieties about people's reactions making you hesitate?
