A vast majority of LGBTI people still feel need to lie or hide their gender or sexual identity, according to a new survey.

Pride in London surveyed more than 1,000 LGBTI people about how they feel discussing their private lives in public.

The theme for this year’s Pride in London is ‘no filter’.

It found 74% said they felt they needed to hide who they are to other people.

This was due to a large proportion of LGBTI people feeling ‘threatened by other people’s attitudes and behaviors towards them’.

Other findings:

77% of LGBTI respondents had revealed their sexuality to friends, while 50% had come out to all their colleagues.

2% of the population has been bullied at work because of their gender, compared with 10% of LGBTI respondents in the survey

77% of LGBTI respondents said they felt uncomfortable being their true self in public, against 23% of the general population

59% of LGBTI respondents had felt threatened by other people’s attitudes and behaviors towards them, compared with 16% of the wider population

41% of gay men said they would think twice about holding a partner’s hand in public, dropping to 5% among the general population

Michael Salter-Church, Chair of Pride in London, said: ‘Great progress has been made in the name of LGBTI equality in recent years, but these figures show the striking reason why Pride is still as important as ever’.

Pride in London’s parade takes place on Saturday.