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> Anyone who's LGBT knows that there are reasons to keep >things on FB private from friends, family, ...

See now if only people could keep it secret that they were; black, female, Jewish, etc as well there would be no problem of discrimination in the world!

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I know that you're not serious, but I just feel the need to reinforce that having to hide a portion of your identity does not in fact shield you from discrimination. The simple fact that you have to do so is discrimination itself.

Of course the idea is to eliminate a subset of discrimination, which arguably it does well, but to do so it introduces another sort.

I think the point was rather that there should be no need to hide details of your sexuality from your friends in case your employer forces you to reveal it.

Personally I hate stereotyping - and stupid Americans

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