long ago as a naïve 18 year old I could not understand anyone not being out in this day and age. I didn’t understand. Since then I’ve witnessed violence, I’ve been horrified by our country. And I have become poly, actively hiding my relationships aside from the visible married one, because of the exact fear of acceptance, fear of loss of support or job, etc that I initially didn’t understand. If I met my gf first, I guess my husband would be the unacknowledged one. Life is unexpected. Don’t judge each other too harshly. You don’t know what they are going through or why they are choosing not to come out. 

no matter where you are on your journey, you are loved, you count