Most research on sexual prejudice explicitly or implicitly assumes that an individual’s sexual orientation identity is known to observers. However, there has been little large-scale survey evidence examining differential rates of disclosure among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals, and there remains much to be studied as to why and when LGB individuals choose to disclose their sexual identity to others. Using data from a nationally representative sample of LGB Americans (N = 1,085), we assess the contexts and conditions under which LGB individuals disclose their sexual identities. Results show that bisexual women and men are significantly less likely to disclose their sexual identity across several important social domains, such as family and the workplace. This disclosure gap is partially explained by measures of identity commitment but surprisingly not by measures of perceived social acceptance. We discuss implications of these findings for sexuality and identity research.

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女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋者的性身份披露

大多数关于性偏见的研究都明确或隐含地假设观察者知道个人的性取向身份。然而，几乎没有大规模调查证据检查女同性恋、男同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 个体之间的披露率差异，关于 LGB 个体选择向他人披露其性身份的原因和时间还有很多需要研究. 我们使用来自具有全国代表性的 LGB 美国人样本 (N = 1,085) 的数据，评估 LGB 个人披露其性身份的背景和条件。结果表明，双性恋女性和男性在几个重要的社会领域（如家庭和工作场所）披露其性身份的可能性要小得多。这种披露差距部分可以通过身份承诺的测量来解释，但令人惊讶的是，不能通过感知社会接受度的测量来解释。我们讨论了这些发现对性和身份研究的影响。