RedMagnolia
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I think people who aren't heterosexual do feel that they have to tell people though.I know someone who identifies openly as bi. Her eldest son did in fact sit her down for the Big Talk to reveal that he was straight.
My daughter came out to us when she was 21 (we'd known for years) because she wanted to move in with her girlfriend and didn't want to have to pretend to have separate bedrooms.
There's still a lot of homophobia about.
One of my workmates, a born-again Christian, promised to pray for my daughter to be restored to the path of righteousness. Another workmate, very recently, said "Wife? She has a wife? How does that work then?" to which I replied I didn't realise I'd travelled back to 1970. She still didn't get it, and NHS workers do Equality and Diversity training on an annual basis.
So yeah, the Big Talk is still necessary, sadly.