Coming Out

Coming out can be difficult and complicated, and it’s not something most cis-gendered, heterosexual Canadians have insight into. According to a recent study from Egale Canada, over 80% of LGBTQ+ individuals have felt distress related to their sexual orientation or gender identity, and 54% haven’t come out to their colleagues for fear of being rejected or bullied. To bring attention to this issue, we created a film made entirely of user submitted footage that looks like it’s speaking to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. But in reality, it highlights the emotional struggles we’ve all had during the COVID-19 quarantine, in order to show its parallel with the much more challenging isolation LGBTQ+ people go through when they can’t come out as who they are. Film advertisement created by Taxi, Canada for Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.