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Are you out on Facebook?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by guitar, Oct 18, 2015.

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How "out" are you on Facebook?

  1. 100% out, and it's obvious I'm LGBT

    19 vote(s)
    25.7%
  2. People know, but "interested in" is hidden

    9 vote(s)
    12.2%
  3. "interested in" is filled in, but I tend to stay quiet

    8 vote(s)
    10.8%
  4. A few pro-LGBT posts, but I'm not out

    15 vote(s)
    20.3%
  5. Not out at all

    23 vote(s)
    31.1%
  1. Awesome

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    I am sort-of out at school. There were pictures of me and my prom date (girl) posted on Facebook. My mom made a comment on one of the pics about how the world is so much better for gay people. My "Interested In" box is blank. I haven't told anyone at my old school, but I think that they all already thought I was gay, and I have them added on my Facebook.
     
  2. ScatteredEarth

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    I rarely use facebook, and when I do, I don't post anything, so nah.
     
  3. penta

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    I'm out on my facebook but my privacysettings are set so only my facebook contacts can see it.
    Just to prevent that i get all those "friend" requests from trannychasers and such.
    It wasn't really difficult for me to come out on facebook as i am out to all of my friends and family.
    At first i only made a few suggestions by posting hints and lgbt stuff but a week or two ago i just made a big post that i am transitioning and added some pictures, also changed my gender to transgender woman :slight_smile:
     
  4. SemiCharmedLife

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    I don't have my "interested in" or "relationship status" sections filled out, but based on what I like and the things I post, it's totally obvious. The only thing I do keep hidden is that my profile and cover pictures are not LGBT-related so that prospective employers who search for me don't see anything about my being gay.
     
  5. AwesomGaytheist

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    When I still looked at my Facebook with any regularity, it said "interested in men" but nobody looks at that.
     
  6. justin88

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    Same.
     
  7. MCairo

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    Nope. The most I do is like a few pro-LGBT posts.
     
  8. C06122014

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    I don't like how I can say that I'm interested in men, I don't like how that sounds it sounds like I'm looking for someone -which I'm not- but I do post about LGBT+ issues somewhat often? Although everyone I'm friends with on Facebook knows I'm gay because we're friends offline but I don't know?
     
  9. Canterpiece

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    I chose the:"interested in" is filled in, but I tend to stay quiet" option.

    Because although I have the interested in set to "women", I don't really status about it or anything. Sure I talk about it sometimes with my friends in real life and on Facebook PM's, but aside from that I don't really say much about it. I follow openly pro LGBT artists on it and occasionally "like" their posts, and sometimes when my friends post pro LGBT stuff I tend to "like" it.

    :eusa_danc
     
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  10. confusedbubble

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    My interested in is hidden and has been for years.

    My profile picture is the rainbow picture from when the law changed in America

    Not out on FB I'm actually scared to death to come out on there but i won't deny if anyone would ask me (which they haven't yet)

    Just out to a few people in person and an old crush who I don't speak to, see or know anymore
     
  11. Kasey

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    Hell no....

    Some very deeply republican family members and my school. So that's why my out status is what it is.

    Also... my colleague who I came out to found my additional facebook account. Which I deactivated. She's like you have to delete that. So I took her advice.
     
  12. Mateo

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    My intrested in is is quite public so if anyone wanted to really know all they would have to do is look however, I don't go talking about it and no one brings it up either. My trans status is completely quiet I'm not ready to drop the yet.
     
  13. Browncoat

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    No "don't have Facebook" option?
     
  14. timo

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    No.

    Not because I'm not out in real life, or don't want people to know. I kept it blank, simply because Facebook is not a dating site. And because most of my personal details are set to 'friends only'. My friends already know about my sexuality and if they don't, they're not really friends eh. So really, there's no need to add my sexuality. Will be blank forever.
     
  15. MrSkittles

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    Yep. Everyone knows
     
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    "interested in" is filled in, but I tend to stay quiet, That's basically it.
     
  17. Randy

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    Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. My "Interested In" is filled in but that's set to Private. I have my picture set to rainbow me and my banner photo is: "Every student deserves a safe space." And I share a seldom amount of pro-LGBT posts. So with everything, people have enough to assume. But I'm too afraid to address the elephant in the room on social media because of my field of study. If somebody asks, I won't deny it though.
     
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  18. thepandaboss

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    I'm completely out on Facebook. In fact, I actually used to have two Facebook accounts- one under my birth name (now defunct) and my current one.
     
  19. Andrew99

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    No but that's because I barely go on Facebook. On Twitter however I'm not per say out but I follow and retweet a lot of people lgbt related.
     
  20. CyanChachki

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    I'm 100% out, though I'm at the point where people either know or they don't.