the being called brave part seems fake to me, in 2020s toronto?? how would you even drop that naturally? i'm bi and if i dropped some info that showed it people might try to virtue signal a little but they don't wanna seem like an over the top weirdo

a quick google and it's one of the gayest cities in north america with a whole lgbtq enclave, 1 in 5 identify, they probably have plenty of visibly queer employees