LGBT People in Prison - Coming Out

Coming Out

Many LGBT inmates who are able, even those who are openly gay outside of prison, carefully hide their sexual identities while imprisoned, because inmates who are known or perceived as gay, especially lesbians and gay men with stereotypically effeminate or butch characteristics, face "a very high risk of sexual abuse."

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