Ministers believe that discrimination against LGB people partially accounts for this phenomenon.

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Recent research suggests that one in five LGB people think they have been harassed at work because of their sexual orientation, the government says.

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But we still may end up having to work to pay off loans needed for medical treatment and spending time and effort explaining ourselves to or defending ourselves against the police, the health services and even supposed allies in the LGB community every time we need basic - even non-Trans-related support.

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