If everyone around you (family, friends, etc.) is hostile towards LGBTQ people, how should you come out? Should you come out at all?

Of course , you should come out. There are many more like you waiting to come out, but are just feeling the inhibition to be the first one.

Always make sure you are safe. You do not have to come out if your family if hostile towards LGBTQ people. If you still wanna come out, make sure everyone one is calm and answer all there questions with patients since they need time to adjust to the news.

That is very hard to answer. Would it be safe for you to come out? Do you want to come out? What would it mean to you if they didnt accept you? Can you cope with a double life?

I think that decision can only be made by you. I would recommend not coming out until you are 100 percent ready, and sure of yourself, so that anyone hostile can't change your mind or make you uncertain. Then, the choice to come out, is totally yours, based on how hostile that person is and whether you think they would be a danger to you.

You should if you feel your living a lie and you want to be your true self. Find some safe people to come out to first and to support you through it.

Coming out to family members who are hostile to LGBT people is always hard. With the chance that this family member is hostile towards you after coming out, if you are able to avoid this hostile family member after coming out and you feel that it is necessary to come out to them, then coming out on your own terms can be safe in this situation. If a family member becomes hostile towards you and puts you in danger it is necessary to remove yourself from the situation and if needed, call the police. Pressure by others to come out should be ignored until you yourself are ready to share this with your family.

The most important thing when thinking about coming out is making sure you are safe. There is absolutely nothing wrong with staying in the closet until you are ready and it can be a better option in some cases. What is important to think about also, is if coming out will make you happier. If you have to come out in a hostile environment you have to weigh the difference for yourself of what will make you happier. coming out and facing possible backlash, or staying in the closet and maintaining your current environment. It is definitely a personal choice that should be thought through thoroughly. It may be best to test the waters at first and play it by ear a little for how you want to proceed.

When you're thinking about coming out, there is never a "should". You are in no way obligated to come out or not to, and it's entirely up to you. Come out when and if you're ready, and if you choose to do it, be prepared to come out in "phases". People will likely have questions, and coming out is a process. You don't have to come out to everyone at once, and there aren't any "rules" on how to do it. I would recommend making sure it's safe to come out before you do it, or make sure you have a plan for what to do if it goes badly. While you don't owe anyone answers, if you're not ready to explain and have conversations about your gender/ sexuality, you might not be ready

if you feel comfortable coming out, you should, but if you don't, take your time and wait until you're ready, which you may never be. and you know what? that's completely fine! a lot of people never come out, and they are still just as valid as anyone else in the community. if you think you could be in any danger from coming out, I would reccomend waiting until it would be safe, but ultimantly, it is completely and absolutely up to you. no one should say anything that could out you, or try to force you out of the nice, safe, closet.

Even though, I don't belong to the Lgbtq+ community and I am not queer at all, as I am heterosexual, I have immense respect for all queer people belonging to this community and I support them all totally. However, people around me are very hostile and disrespectful when it comes to lgbtq+ because I belong to a very conservative religious country and community. If I were queer, I wouldn't come out at all. It would not have been very hard for me because I am also an atheist for 2 years now and no one from my family knows and it has been working pretty smoothly up til now so I am pretty sure I can hide the truth about the sexuality very easily too till I move to a secular or liberal country where I'm given my rights and am free to accept my sexuality.