Your Story
I would love for you to share your story, your feelings, your experiences, whatever they may be, so we can continue raising awareness and understand that we truly are never alone.
Share your Story
It all begins with letting it out.
This is your turn to keep the momentum going, to keep the ripple flowing. Speak your truth.
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Stories Shared
“I feel your pain. I am also bi, but haven’t told anyone until now. The older I get, the more trapped I feel in being straight.”
— 28 year old
“I’ve never been interested in girls, like never notice nice boobs lol. But I thought for a long time it was just a phase as being gay was taught to me as a wrong ‘choice’.”
— Religious school student
“I went to an all-boys, rugby orientated school as well, and know all too well the pain and fear of not wanting people to find out your sexuality because you have so much internalised homophobia.”
— 24 year old
“I tried to escape it, but it was something that had to be confronted sooner or later. The world isn’t fair and there is still a horrible prejudice in our society, so it’s reassuring to know there are other people who have gone through the same challenges and have made great strides.”
— 25 year old
“It saddens me to think this was the same struggle I went through nearly 10 years ago when I graduated (Religious school, head of house, captain of boats and senior prefect). I think I can understand your feelings, as we may have experienced the same masculine anxieties growing up. It took me 3-4 years post school to come out as gay and I haven’t looked back since.”
— 28 year old
“No one can hold anything against me now. Because before I was out it was all I ever thought about and thought it was going to be my downfall but once it’s all out there, there is nothing else to worry about. Now it’s freedom and you can focus your energies on what you actually want to, instead of having your thoughts eat you from the inside out every second of the day.”
— 20 year old
“I understand so much as I am halfway on my journey too, having told most my family and friends, but still having a few relationships I have not had the courage to risk jeopardizing.”
— 24 year old
“I didn’t want to disappoint my family and friends by being who I really was, but at the same time, I was conscious that I would be sacrificing my own happiness in order to do so.”
— 25 year old
“As someone else who has been through very similar things to you (conservative school in a leadership position, questioning acceptance, etc etc) it’s always nice to know that you aren’t alone. I’m proud and thankful of you for sharing.”
— 23 year old
“I’m a pretty non-scene type of gay and I don’t really get involved with the community because I think (with no bad intension) the community celebrates the more flamboyant side of being gay of which is the stereotype I don’t really feel is accurate (and the reinforcements of that stereotype in society makes it harder for someone like me with conservative/religious parents).”
— 26 year old
“The struggle is real man and the shame we carry can be deliberating.”
— Religious school student
“I’ve experienced times where I was (or at least I thought so) completely alone on this and I was the only one within my circle struggling with sexuality. On top of this, if you add up the fact that I went to a Catholic School, it became really challenging to keep the willing of fighting forward.”
— 23 year old
“People make it sounds like coming out and what not is easy these days, but it isn’t for everyone.”
— 20 year old
“As someone who has been raised and born in Spain were society, specially in the circle of my family and friends, is way more conservative that what it’s in Australia, it was never easy for me to accept myself as Bi. Exactly like you did, I went as well through many phases and struggles along the way.
Thankfully my parents attitude changed over time but I still remember the homophobic comments that my close family and friends would make years back. Something that made it unbelievable hard for me to even ask for help. It became a real challenge to keep the will of fighting forward.”
— 23 year old
“I struggle to tell my parents. Accepting that I’m gay, made me 500 times happier than I was before. It’s so visible, even my parents say there’s something in you now that lively and happy that resonates and is contagious. I wish I could tell them but they are so traditional.”
— 25 year old
“Wow. I haven’t cried like that in a while man. Really. It hits home and honestly it is written extremely well.”
— 21 year old
“I’ve been feeling a lot like I wouldn’t care if I died because society doesn’t need me anyway...It is a long journey we have to go through...it’s hard to be gay.”
— 18 year old
“After many tears and doubts, I realised there was also a lot of others going through similar and it made me realise there was only one option if I really wanted to be happy. Accepting myself as I am and realising that there was nothing wrong with what I was told was not ‘right’.”
— 23 year old
“I just wanted to say that I really applaud you for publicly confronting your inner demons and insecurities on such a wide reaching platform. I totally agree with what you said about many just sharing the ‘highlight reel’ of their lives, rather than the low points.
I know you don’t know me from a bar of soap, but I’m actually a teacher and I’m currently teaching at a Catholic school. On a daily basis, I’ve witnessed as students who are LGBT struggle with and question being themselves in a setting, which at its very core values and beliefs, rejects who they are. My ultimate goal as a teacher, is to ensure that every student feels safe to be who they truly are, whether gay, straight or somewhere in between. Stories like yours are the ones that allow younger and emerging generations to feel comfortable in themselves and within society - so thank you for being such a positive voice in a world of negativity.”
— Catholic School Teacher