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 | Oct 28, 2019 | Coming out, Non-Binary Coming Out Stories, Queer Coming Out Stories
Ha, for me I think I’ve always known I was bisexual. I remember watching Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet and not knowing who I loved more between Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes! I’m still not sure… I think, even knowing this, it was much harder to voice the fact...
by Unite UK | Oct 22, 2019 | Coming out, Transgender Coming Out Stories
Usually one of the first things people say when you tell them you’re trans is “so when did you know?” For me, it wasn’t one of those “oh I’ve always known” kind of things. The majority of my childhood was spent focusing on...
by Unite UK | Oct 14, 2019 | Coming out, Transgender Coming Out Stories
As an interracial person in the southern United States, I see myself as being simultaneously Black, White, and biracial while also being none of them singularly at any time. All of this to say that I have always felt as if I had a foot in two worlds while truly...
by Unite UK | Oct 7, 2019 | Coming out, Queer Coming Out Stories
I had been dating a girl for over 3 years and was in the second year of theater school at NYU when I realized I was some type of queer. Theater school, you guys. On top of that, I had just moved in with said girlfriend into a studio apartment. So obviously my...
by Unite UK | Oct 1, 2019 | Coming out, Non-Binary Coming Out Stories, Queer Coming Out Stories, Transgender Coming Out Stories
Ever since I was little, I knew I was a little different from other kids but I always tried to fit in. It was only around the beginning of high school did I start acknowledging the fact that I am trans non-binary and queer. Coming out to my family and school as queer...
