Coming out to family in 1993
1993
"I didn't do anything of a sexual nature
until I was about 20, and moved out of home around 21. When I was on holiday in
America I realised I can't go on living this lie pretending I've got a
girlfriend. I'm no good at lying and it's not who I am. So when I was 21 I came
out to my mum. Then my mum told my dad who told my sister. My mum and sisters
were crying, crying because they thought I was going to have this terrible life.
I said ‘What you crying for?’ I expected a bad reaction, I wasn't quite sure
what I'd get. I kind of anticipated a bad reaction that's why I moved out of
home. There was a song by Erasure called ‘Hide Away’ - it was a coming out song.
It was quite poignant for me”.
Contributed by: Derek, 35