"hidden orientation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone's true but concealed beliefs or feelings about a particular subject or issue. For example, "Although she was quiet, I could sense her hidden orientation towards the issue."
Before it happened, she had hidden her orientation from her parents, both retired schoolteachers.
Dr Matt Cook places this remark - shocking at the time - in the context of Forster's hidden sexual orientation.
These social scripts act to perpetuate a division of gay and straight; all youth, regardless of sexual orientation, are sent a clear message that gay people either don't belong in sport, or must hide their orientation until their career is over.
"We have stooped so low that LGBTs no longer hide their orientation," Mr Babamuratov said, claiming he could identify gay people because they wore coloured trousers.
The two women said the turning point came the day Ms. Dammann insisted that Ms. Savage scrape a gay rights bumper sticker off her car to hide their orientation from a church supervisor about to visit their home.
This week the Conservatives could not fall over themselves fast enough to condemn him for his apparently homophobic comments – he said the party was "riddled" with gay people who hid their orientation.
Most gay actors are mum in public or on the set, even if they don't hide their orientation in private, actors and others in the entertainment industry said.
Second, given the option, I do not like going out of my way to hide my orientation.
My family and friends knew about my sexuality, as did anyone connected to me through social media, where I never hid my orientation.
Granted, you may not hide your orientation or gender identity, or enter into a marriage of deceit, but you'll hide pieces of yourself all in the name of acceptance.
