However, depending on the environment or the quality of the relationship with another person; the individual's sexuality can be discussed with those closest to him. When one's sexual orientation is revealed or "declared", the individual has both opportunities such as acceptance by families and peer groups, and problems such as dealing with homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in their homes, schools and community in the presence of others and their families. opinions; making them feel disappointed, abandoned and dejected. According to Kathryn Dindia's article “Going Into and Coming Out of the Closet: The Dialectics of Stigma and Disclosure” those who identify as bisexual, lesbian, gay or transgender are subject to the stigma of AIDS or mental illness because “. ..stigma is difficult or impossible to hide, whether revealing or concealing is a matter for those who are unbecoming…” (85). Calling individuals who self-reported “discreditable,” as they noted that when the individual chose to disclose their sexual orientation, they are faced with such stereotypes, hatred, microaggressions, and stigma. The chapter talks about social sense unlike the subsequent reading “Out of the Closets and Into the Courts”, tells Ellen Andersen who comes out in a more legal way. During the Counterculture Movement and into the 1970s, Andersen stressed and emphasized that "...gay men and lesbians needed legal representation..."(17) as well as protection from law enforcement, although he had previously claimed that the Stone Wall riots were caused by police brutality and the justice system. Especially in American society, the book also states that gay rights