by Unite UK | Jan 14, 2020 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
Jeffery's Coming Out Story "Coming out is never easy, but nor does it have to be hard." Coming out should be about embracing who you are and your place in this cosmos, with so many different sexualities and types of humans these days coming out may be the best thing...
by Unite UK | Nov 4, 2019 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
Growing up, I had this silencing fear of people finding out that I was gay. I grew up in such a traditional household where anything “gay” was unmentionable. So, at a young age, when people would tease me about being gay or ask me that infamous question that made my...
by Unite UK | Sep 2, 2019 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
New Jersey is my home. I’m from a town I consider a diverse slice of suburbia located about 30 minutes outside of New York City. Growing up, I was subjected to a lot of different people and backgrounds, yet none were like me. I was the kind of kid that would go up to...
by Unite UK | Aug 5, 2019 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
People ask me all the time about my coming out experience wanting to hear about what happened with my high school friends, or what happened with my parents. But, I’ve told this story so many times. The real and raw “coming out” for me was the moment I came to terms...
by Unite UK | Jul 9, 2019 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
I can’t say my coming out experience is particularly unique, in fact, I can offer many other examples of people who have had to overcome much bigger obstacles. People who’ve had to leave home, escape abuse and fight hard because living their truth was a life or death...
by Unite UK | Jun 24, 2019 | Coming out, Gay Coming Out Stories
I grew up in a small Catholic town in southern Germany. Like every other gay boy, I knew relatively quickly that I liked men. Since there were no LGBTQ+ people in my school and I had no gay friends either, it was very difficult for me to find my truth. Perhaps I would...