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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. guitar

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    Given the LGBT news about 3x the amount of people coming out on Facebook, I'm curious: how many of us on this forum are out on Facebook? Social media plays an important part in a lot of forum member's lives, and it's a primary way we can contact to a lot of our friends and family members at once.

    Personally, I'm completely out on Facebook. Both via status update which I used to come out to everyone and "fill-in-the-gaps" with people who didn't know, and my "interested in" section says men. Plus there are rainbows and crap all over my profile, and I've got a fair amount of of LGBT media in my likes.

    What about you, how out are you on Facebook?
     
  2. C P

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    Considering who all is connected to my FB, I'm not out at all on there, nor do I ever see myself outing anything on there; not even my gender(though who would even get that?).

    Then again, I pretty much hate social media and almost never use it these days personally, so...
     
  3. Charon

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    I don't use Facebook, but I'm out on Twitter.
     
  4. Ryu

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    I don't have facebook.
     
  5. OGS

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    I don't really use Facebook much but I do have a profile and it is linked through to my partner's profile. In fact most of my friends, including family, who use Facebook know that the easiest way to get ahold of me that way is to contact him.:lol:
     
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    Facebook is past tense. I couldn't stand it. So there was no poll answer applicable to me. I know people have used Facebook for letting friends or anyone know about their sexual preference, and that's fine if that's what they want to do, but I tended to remain quiet on the venue. What sickened me was the showing off of belongings and kids as well as how conservative (too conservative) a lot of my so called friends turned out to be. That made for some real heated dynamics around the last election.
     
  7. kageshiro

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    Just like anywhere else, I'll tell anyone who asks.
     
  8. Psaurus918

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    If I see a pro gay status or news article I'll like it but I doubt anyone is making any connections, on Facebook that is lol.
     
  9. Foz

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    I post pro-gay stuff fairly frequently but so do many others who I know are straight. Last year I ticked the box 'interested in men' to see what sort of reaction it would get and I left it there for a year, if anyone said anything I could easily say "someone else must've done it". What happened? Nothing, not a single mention.
     
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    "A few pro-LGBT posts, but I'm not out" would be most accurate. I post some LGBT+ posts of interest and I celebrated the marriage equality ruling in the US on Facebook as well. However I'm not out about anything and I guess a lot of my friends just think I'm a big supporter of LGBT+ rights.

    Or they already guessed about my sexuality/gender/whatnot. Who knows. If they have, they definitely haven't told me :lol:
     
  11. Oddsocks

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    I have two accounts, and the amount of outness varies across them. The old one with my family and anyone-and-everyone on it is the one I'm less 'actively gay' on, whereas the one I use with close friends...anything goes, and I talk about a variety of LGBT things on it pretty regularly.

    I am out on both, though, more or less. It's just that I'm actively out on one, passively out on the other.
     
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    Haven't used my Facebook account since college and I wasn't out on Facebook at the time. Still have the account and might use it later on to reconnect with people but I'm not sure if I'll be "out." If I'm ever in a serious relationship (and depending on my employer at the time) I may or may not be out.
     
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    I've been out for as long as I've had FB.
     
  14. Just Jess

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    I am so far out I can't see the closet. My girlfriend's getting there.
     
  15. littleraven

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    I have a facebook but I don't use it very much. I'm not out at all on there. I know people wouldn't be accepting at all based on some of the things that people like.
     
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    Nope, not out in FB. I cant even share LGBT posts. Tho I have loked some pro LGBT posts
     
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    All the pro marriage quality posts and likes told everyone. I confirmed it shortly after the referendum passed.
     
  18. SnowshoeGeek

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    I posted a lengthy statement on Coming Out Day. I didn't give any specifics but talked using "we" and "us" a lot. The only people who "liked" are people who are already openly supportive of me. My guess is that my family and other friends may have varying reactions but mostly would rather not talk about it. :slight_smile:
     
  19. Berru

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    I used to be somewhat out on facebook, but now that there's been an influc of new friends these past five years, I've hidden the "interested in" and stuff. I've made some pro LGBT posts, also where I, in a side-comment to the actual thing I'd written, stated that I was LGBT myself, but I never went into detail.
    So I don't feel out. I wish I had the guts to come out there, but I'm not yet at a point where I see it necessary.
     
  20. candyjiru

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    I have a couple of different privacy settings~ close friends and people I know pretty well, I'm super out with~ the privacy level that my parents and grandparents and other family members can see... no >.>