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Why hypervigilance follows LGBTQ+ couples in public

My girlfriend and I were holding hands at dinner and the couple next to us kept staring and whispering, and I can't stop thinking about whether we were actually safe.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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Love expressed openly requires constant threat assessment, transforming intimacy into calculated risk.

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