September2013 |
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Michael | 32 | London, England
"It wasn’t until I turned 19 and I left home for the first time to go flatting that I made my first gay friend. I remember the time he first took me to a gay bar; I was so scared but it was also a lot of fun. This is when I really started to feel comfortable in my shell."
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Amy | 23 | Cheltenham, England
"None of the relationships lasted long or felt right to me. I think I was just doing it to be part of the norm as it was what the others girls were doing and I wanted to fit in."
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Sherry | 58 | Los Angeles, USA
A Mother's Story "I now know that for Erik, coming out to me was as scary as stepping off a cliff, even though he had every reason to believe there would be a soft landing." . . . read more |
John | 18 | Ireland
"Coming out affected me positively in more ways that I ever thought it would.
I felt happier, I was more productive and I didn’t feel that getting out of bed was as much of a struggle as it used to be." . . . read more |
Ryan | 23 | Missouri, USA
"I couldn't deal with the thought of my parents disowning me.
I never really knew their views on homosexuality, so I couldn't make myself tell them face to face." . . . read more |
Marc | 21
It Gets Better. When? "I look at other LGBT people who are in the public eye, such as Alan Carr, Gok Wan and Elton John, and I’m always in awe at how perfectly at ease they are with their sexuality. They just accept it like it is normal to them, so why don’t I feel the same?" . . . read more |
Jack | 17 | Bedfordshire, UK
"Even though I knew that I was gay and was out to myself, I hadn't come out to my parents, family and friends.
I didn't feel at that time that I could be confident enough" . . . read more |
Adam | 31 | Hereford, England
An Update "Up until just recently, my coming out had been as smooth as the majority on this site. Something happened that has changed that." . . . read more |
Tom | 26 | Aberdeen, Scotland
"In truth there was no huge shouting about it, simply a piece of the jigsaw that enabled me to acknowledge that I was indeed gay."
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Daniel | 20 | London, England
"Coming out can be one of the hardest things to do, but with the support of a loving family it becomes one of the great moments in a young gay persons life."
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