The 2012 survey of more than 85,000 sexual minorities in 28 European countries identifies the proportion of those keeping their sexuality a secret from all or most of the people in their lives. The researchers quantified the size of the global closet by first gathering figures from one of the world’s largest data samples of sexual minorities - the European Union Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender survey. In Eastern Europe, for example, the study found that four-fifths of sexual minorities reported concealing their sexual orientation, while in nearby Northern and Western Europe, only about one-third reported doing so. Distinct differences, however, were found even within specific regions as a function of varying social and political factors. The study found that concealment is highest in certain African and Middle Eastern countries and lowest in Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. But in many places around the world, concealment and its stressors are safer than the alternative,” he said. “Concealment takes its toll through the stress of hiding and also because it can keep sexual minorities away from each other and from adequate public health attention. Concealment is associated with depression and anxiety, substance abuse and susceptibility to infectious disease. “Given rapidly increasing acceptance of sexual minorities in some countries, it might be easy to assume that most sexual minorities are out in 2019, but actually, most sexual minority people in the world today are probably not out,” said Pachankis. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the study is believed to be the first attempt to quantify the size of the “global closet” in order to gauge its public health impact. He co-authored the study with Richard Bränström, an associate professor at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and research affiliate at Yale. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.The vast majority of the world’s sexual minority population - an estimated 83 percent of those who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual - keep their orientation hidden from all or most of the people in their lives, according to a new study by the Yale School of Public Health that could have major implications for global public health.Ĭoncealing one’s sexual orientation can lead to significant mental and physical health issues, increased healthcare costs and a dampening of the public visibility necessary for advancing equal rights, said John Pachankis, Ph.D., associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you and stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger 'til it goes *click*. yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, uh, your opinion, man. (Also a Homage to The Night of the Hunter) Also, Dude, 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. The Chinaman is not the issue here, Dude!.No, you mean "find a stranger in the Alps.".YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY? DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS?.