There is growing evidence that discrimination and harassment on the grounds of a person’s sexual orientation still exists in the UK. Older Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) people grew up at a time when homosexual acts were ‘against the law’ until 1967. As older gay men grew up when it was a criminal offence to engage in sex, they were forced to act secretly with fear of prosecution or ‘outing’. Discrimination against being lesbian or gay was accepted, and many older LGB people behaved publicly as if they were ‘straight’, keeping their domestic and leisure activities strictly private and separated from their public lives. This can impact upon older LGBT people’s sense of well-being and upon their feelings about their sexual orientation making them reluctant to discuss their private lives with strangers