According to Bridgewater, the sexual identity minority is comprised of gays, lesbian and bisexuals. Bias ideas based on sexual identity invades America’s culture in every aspect, public institutions and private interpersonal relationships. Civil liberty violations, discriminatory treatment in the public sector and psychological and physical assaults are all acts of bigotry. These hostile sentiments impact gays, lesbians and bisexuals by causing psychological distress and impinging careers and social interactions and potentially, physical harm. It …showed first 75 words of 484 total…

…showed last 75 words of 484 total…coming out to those the particular individual feels comfortable with as a means to eradicate their negative feelings towards homosexuals is a good idea. She acknowledges that these decisions are or should be based on realistic goals to change inherent belief systems. Bibliography Bridgewater, D. (1992). Effective Coming Out: Self-Disclosure Strategies to Reduce Sexual Identity Bias. In J. T. Sears & W. L. Williams (Eds.), Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia: Strategies That Work (pp. 65- 75). New York: Columbia.