September2014 |
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Luke | 26 | London, England
"I'm proud to say that at 26 years old I am an out, happy, gay man. But I haven't always been - in fact, six months ago I was still keeping this part of my life a secret."
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Richard | 29 | London, England
"The idea of admitting to everyone that, yes they were right all along, that I was gay, seemed too much. I was scared, I didn’t want to admit I was different to my friends or that I’d been trying to hide things from them."
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Felix | 24 | Manchester, England
"I started binding my chest at 15. I would put on clothes and just look at myself. When I got together with my first girlfriend I would tell her sometimes that I was having a 'boy day,' and I never wanted her to call me her girlfriend. It didn't sound right."
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Rob | 35 | London, England
"Most of the time we were married was great and happy. Of course we experienced the usual stresses of money, work and kids, but on the whole everything was fine. To the outside world everything was OK."
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James Ingham | London, England
"Fear. The underlying theme of my coming out story is fear. Fear of being discovered, fear of being rejected, fear of being unloved, fear of hurting those I love. Fear of facing my fears head on and then as a result, the fear of what would happen if I did."
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Marc | 18 | Essex, England
"Just thinking about coming out made me feel physically sick. Could I just live the rest of my life like this? At first you think you can. You think because you’ve kept it a secret for so many years you can just wing it for the rest of your life."
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Jack | 22| Essex, England
"Countless questions were soaring through my mind, causing headaches on a daily basis. Am I gay? Am I bi? Is this just a phase? If I come out as bi, will people think the same about me? Am I ready for this?"
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