Coming out Gay

I never felt ‘normal’ when I was a little boy. Instead of playing with toy cars, I would give makeovers to my sister’s Barbies. I was obsessed with fashion and begged my mother to let me buy a sewing machine, but instead, she bought me 'Top Gun' on VHS...

Coming out at a very young age was not ideal for me as my family is Catholic, my parents and family are erratic attendees at Sunday Mass and as a result, I became an altar boy. Being an altar boy made me happy, and I thought I found my purpose in...

Before I came out, when I was in college, I always had those curiosities. Those urges. I never acted on them because I thought it was a phase that would eventually pass. One day those urges got the best of me and I realised that this was who I was and...

My name is Daniel Bailey. I'm a 'normal' 15-year-old boy with ambitions, hopes and dreams. Or at least that's what society portrays me as. I use the word 'normal' carefully and place it into quotations because how are we meant to define 'normal'? However, I have...

I finally came out as gay in February 2017 (which coincidentally was LGBT+ History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 which decriminalised male homosexuality - unbeknownst to me!). My mother and I were watching television (presumably...

At a young age, I learned that there are people who dislike those who are different. Because of that, I have spent the majority of my life trying to change who I am. Growing up, I inherently accepted the fact that I was oftentimes the target of derogatory jargon. ...