Comg Out: Livg Authentilly as Lbian, Gay and Bisexual+ - Human Rights Campaign

Contents:

• COMG OUT: LIVG AUTHENTILLY AS LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL+
• GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS

COMG OUT: LIVG AUTHENTILLY AS LBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL+

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There are lbian, gay, bisexual and trans support anisatns across the world who are there to offer a helpg hand, a iendly ear, and who have vast experience of helpg people jt like prospect of g out n be a sry one for many, and 's important to remember that nobody n dictate your g out apart om yourself. DavidOkay, so I me out pretty late at the age of 25, but I’ve always known I was gay sce I was 12. We make our own fai stead, the streets of gay village bars, queer bookshops and f, onle foms and LGBT chari like this one.

Bisexual men face double discrimatn and face rejectn om both straight and gay muni. That when someone out that we don’t tell them ’s not long until they are gay or tell them how unattractive mak them. I felt a burn that people would judge me, and as a gay man I wasn’t good enough I first me out to my Mum.

GAY SUPPORT: WHERE TO FD LGBT HELP AND SUPPORT GROUPS

The signatn started 1988 on the first anniversary of the send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights October 1987. Sexual orientatns clu straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, asexual, and others. Sexual orientatn n range om heterosexual (attracted to the other genr on the spectm, or “straight”) to homosexual (attracted to the same genr - gay, lbian).

We e many words to scribe non-straight attractn — lbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer and fluid are all monly ed labels. Comg Out: Livg Authentilly as Lbian, Gay and Bisexual+ was signed to help you and your loved on through the g out procs realistic and practil terms. Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng/queer, tersex, asexual, etc.

(LGBTQIA+) support n be extremely helpful for people but only if gay people feel fortable enough to get . One of the challeng reachg out for support if you're gay is that you may feel that others who are not gay will not unrstand your particular suatn.