LGBT+ young people should 'hit pause' on coming out while self-isolating with their families during the coronavirus pandemic, a UK charity has advised
AKT also say more than three quarters of LGBT+ homeless people say their family rejecting them is their primary reason for being homeless.
Research by AKT and YouGov found that one in 10 adults would feel uncomfortable if their child came out. One in five worry about how family members would respond to them having an LGBT+ child. "We had a young person very early on in the crisis who was staying in a hostel, but then started to show symptoms and the hostel asked them to leave," Mr Sigsworth said.
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