Yes. She's investigating, and she did inquire for me. She's put some submissions to the UNHCR committee about GLBT sexuality asylum applications. I did give her the details of what we, including me, encountered when we were making those visa applications.
In all honesty, you have to lie: there's no way you can disclose that you are gay, because you don't know what kind of person you will encounter. They could be prejudiced. But you could be lucky: they could be just like you.
I was talking about being discretionary. Let's say you bring an application in front of me and it's wrong, and you tell me that you're gay. If I happen to be gay also, then I'll advise you accordingly on your application, and perhaps I'll take it a little forward.
So there is some discretion involved, really.