text: Some of the comments on this thread are really showing exactly why it is so difficult for people to come out still. I agree that my sex life is my own business, but my sexuality does not begin and end with sex. My partner and I live in the wider world, where no heterosexual person had to hide their sexuality, and can walk down the street holding hands, or give their partner a peck on the cheek when seeing them off at the railway station without fear of comment or disapproval, we have to watch our backs all the time if we wish to show each other the affection anyone else can do without fear. I have been the victim of abuse because of my sexuality more than once, and i think most LGBTQ people I know have. Legislation goes some way to refreshing the balance, but while some people still hold the opinion that we should hide who we are in public it will always be difficult. My sexuality is no one else's business, but I'm not going to hide it to make anyone else feel better either.