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 | Apr 11, 2018 | Gay Coming Out Stories
I came out when I was fifteen. I told my friends first. The idea of this terrified me, but it still seemed like a warm-up compared to telling my family. I went to an all-boys school that specialised as a sports college, so a lot of the kids were the standard sporty...
by Unite UK | Apr 4, 2018 | Gay Coming Out Stories
I have always been attracted to boys but have never had the opportunity to go through it until college. College brought me a lot of new experiences, the stress of exams, nightclub outings, parties with friends. But more specifically a special bond with a best friend I...
by Unite UK | Feb 5, 2018 | Coming out, Non-Binary Coming Out Stories
When I was 8years old on holiday in Tenerife I had my first kiss with a girl I’d met and we became friends. It didn’t feel wrong it just felt different because I was so used to seeing male & female kiss. Fast forward I still saw girls different to boys but I had...
by Unite UK | Oct 25, 2017 | Coming out
I first realised I wasn’t straight when I was 13 years old. Pretty young right? I was in my first year of high school, surrounded by my peers who would obsess over the most popular boys in class. I’d laugh, I’d smile and overall I went along with it;...
