March2014 |
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Joe | 20 | Manchester, England
"It wasn’t being gay that bothered me, at all. It was how people would treat me as though I was any difference because of it."
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MIchael | 32 | Boston, MA. USA
"I knew I was gay as a kid. I loved Janet Jackson, New Kids On The Block, and the guy toweling off in the Zest commercial always did a little bit too much for me."
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Leigh | 19 | Liverpool, England
"I attended an all-boys Comprehensive school from Year 7 to Upper Sixth and though the majority of the guys in my year were nice, there was not a single out gay guy in my year in school. There was a boy that everybody assumed was, but he never actually admitted it during my school years."
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Ian | 41 | London, England
"When I was 14 I thought I needed to speak to people other than my class mates so one evening when my parents were out I called Gay Switchboard. The guy I spoke to, Mike, absolutely changed my life"
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Kristian Norman
Disfigured and Gay "When I came out, I had been so insecure about the way I looked that I didn’t believe anyone would fancy me or want to touch my obesity-ravaged body." . . . read more |
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Abi | 24 | Manchester, England
"At 9.20am I received a text from my mum saying, 'We will talk when you get home. X', with a swift follow up text saying, 'Your letter….it was a bit wordy. 6 pages was a bit excessive'."
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John | 36 | Glasgow, Scotland
"I had a plan. I was going to get married. Have kids. I just hadn’t become noticeably attracted to females yet, but that was surely because I wasn’t as physically developed as my male counterparts." . . . read more |
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Liam | 28 | Cardiff, Wales
"Telling lies, making up friends and hiding my phone just in case the love of my life dared call or text.
I cracked." . . . read more |
