“The LGBTQ+ community have faced significant discrimination both culturally and legally in our recent past. “In just over 50 years, we have seen huge amounts of change, protecting people legally and demonstrating as a country, that we embrace the LGBTQ+ community – but some things have taken longer to change than they should have and culturally have we really moved on? Why are young people still fearful of coming out and embracing their gender identities and sexuality? “Why is there still a disproportionate number of LGBTQ+ people with mental ill-health, dying by suicide and with alcohol and drug dependencies? Because there is a legacy of shame.
“The LGBTQ+ community have faced significant discrimination both culturally and legally in our recent past. “In just over 50 years, we have seen huge amounts of change, protecting people legally and demonstrating as a country, that we embrace the LGBTQ+ community – but some things have taken longer to change than they should have and culturally have we really moved on? Why are young people still fearful of coming out and embracing their gender identities and sexuality? “Why is there still a disproportionate number of LGBTQ+ people with mental ill-health, dying by suicide and with alcohol and drug dependencies? Because there is a legacy of shame.
“The LGBTQ+ community have faced significant discrimination both culturally and legally in our recent past. “In just over 50 years, we have seen huge amounts of change, protecting people legally and demonstrating as a country, that we embrace the LGBTQ+ community – but some things have taken longer to change than they should have and culturally have we really moved on? Why are young people still fearful of coming out and embracing their gender identities and sexuality? “Why is there still a disproportionate number of LGBTQ+ people with mental ill-health, dying by suicide and with alcohol and drug dependencies? Because there is a legacy of shame.
“The LGBTQ+ community have faced significant discrimination both culturally and legally in our recent past. “In just over 50 years, we have seen huge amounts of change, protecting people legally and demonstrating as a country, that we embrace the LGBTQ+ community – but some things have taken longer to change than they should have and culturally have we really moved on? Why are young people still fearful of coming out and embracing their gender identities and sexuality? “Why is there still a disproportionate number of LGBTQ+ people with mental ill-health, dying by suicide and with alcohol and drug dependencies? Because there is a legacy of shame.
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