I ' m scared as a person of the LGBTQ community , that if I ever come out to them , they will most likely shun me , disown me , or try and send me to conversion therapy they openly hate gay peopleAnother possibility is that it will change their minds . It wouldn ' t be the first time staunch antigay people suddenly had a change of heart when they found out someone close to them is directly affected by their bigotry , that it ' s actually about real human beings of their own flesh and blood . In any case lots of internet hugs . You ' ll make it through this . <| sep |> I said one of , also , no . There has been much more of an outcry about this election . <| sep |> Welcome email as part of automated provisioning procedures with all the stuff new users need to know about the system . Anything above that is HR department ' s job .