Essie Dennis’ Coming Out Story
Writing a coming-out story has proven more difficult than I thought. I think we expect coming out to be a one moment burst of energy but - like many LGBTQ+ people - I've found it to be a gradual process. As someone who is now openly queer, I am steadily...
Maria Montoya’s Coming Out Story
I never knew if being Queer would I have to “come out of the closet”, what I always knew from a very young age was that the challenges I had to face would be many and that I had to be strong not to fall or look back. Since I was little, I was out of bounds...
Tirrell Cherry’s Coming Out Story
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...
Martin Ehmele’s Coming Out Story
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....
Pandora Nox’s Coming Out Story
My name is Pandora Nox, and I am a dancer/choreographer, self-taught make-up artist and drag artist from Vienna/Austria and I want to share my ‘coming out’ story with you! "Why are we forced to make something big out of something so simple?" So first of all, I...
Mizz Lyrikal’s Coming Out Story
Growing up I was always a tomboy, loved playing football with the boys, riding bikes and scooters, playing PlayStation with male friends as I just got on with them a lot easier. In secondary school, I started to become a bit more girly, had female best friends. But...
Kaitlin Chapple’s Coming Out Story
I first came out when I was 22 years old, and I had just started dating my first girlfriend (who is now my wife!). In a way, our new relationship made it easy to come out to my family and friends. Instead of telling everyone I was gay, I just told them I...
Thijs Weijland’s Coming Out Story
Growing up, I was always very shy and onto myself. As if I already knew I was guarding a secret. I was also not your typical tomboy, loved staying indoors, playing computer games and yes, I also played with dolls...My parents couldn't have been more lovely...
Kyanna Simone’s Coming Out Story
I started seeing this girl in November of 2015. She was beautiful, smart, quirky and was very different from people who’ve I’ve met in my life up until that point. I was sure that I wanted to be with her, sure about my feelings for her and sure that we...
Taj Taylor’s Coming Out Story
So, the very first time I came out was to my parents and it was actually completely unplanned. I remember that it happened sometime right before I went off to college, so I’ll put the date at the summer of 2014. It was really hot, and so I was walking...
Coming Out Genderfluid
Identifying as genderfluid comes under the non-binary umbrella. Like their non-binary relatives, gender is not black and white. It’s simply a colourful exploration of their true selves. To identify as genderfluid, it’s the concept that gender identity is not fix. This basically means those who identify as genderfluid don’t identify with a fixed gender.
They can appear masculine, feminine or neutral and still be fabulous.