June2012



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Zak | 28
Minnesota, USA

"My Mom was sitting there crying with me and my Dad was just quiet for a bit. I remember it vividly."
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 Lauren & Sarah
Birmingham, England

"We've been together for eight years this year and we are getting married next year!"
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Ollie | 17
Stoke-On-Trent, England

"The pressure was off me, the judgemental people weren't there day in and day out. I was free and I was able to be whoever I wanted to be and I wanted to be myself."  .....read more

Ben | 30
Manchester, England

"For the first time in my life I had opened up to someone.....and it felt overwhelming yet bloody brilliant!" .....read more

RIPPARACHIE | 20
Indiana, USA

"I want [my music] to bring the
LGBT community together and
help make future generations
 accept us." .....read more

Hywel | 23
London, England

"I wish I could go back and tell my younger self that everything would work out OK."
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Lee | 25
Cardiff, Wales

"The silence is louder than any conversation I’ve had with her before in my life, battering the insides of my brain."
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Bruce | 46
Ottawa, Canada

"I am OUT...definitely a little late to the party, but better late than never.  Time for me to find aboyfriend!    .....read more

Susan | 28
Bedford, England

" I was born a lesbian, no other way to describe it. I didn’t play with dolls and make-up, I played with trains and Lego. I had no choice in the matter, but I tried to."
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Glenda | 37
Newcastle, England

"I knew Pete was gay all along. I knew he knew too but didn’t want to be and I watched him torture himself for years." ....read more

 Gill | 52
West Sussex, England

"Chris, my son, has been out since he was 18 and, of that, I am very proud and very relieved."  ....read more

Jake | 23
Hertfordshire, England

"It’s an odd feeling when you realise something earth-shattering about yourself, but I dealt quite well."
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Gwen | 59
Warwickshire, England

"When you have children, you love them unconditionally and should respect their choices."
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Dave | 61
Worcestershire, England

"I could see now that the pieces of a very big jigsaw from when he was little and growing up were now falling into place." .....read more

Jack | 20
Coventry, England

"Once my parents knew it made it very easy for me to start coming out to my friends."        
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Ulysses | 56
New Jersey, USA

"I wrote my parents a long pompous letter (with a bibliography!)."
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