Being a gay at Christmas isn’t always easy

Whether you’re out or not, facing the family can be tough

Tips for coming out to your parents

It’s never easy but we all have to go through it. Here’s what we’ve learnt

10 Ways NOT To Come Out

I came out, kicking and screaming, in the 1980s and early 1990s … in some pretty poor ways.

Here are my top ten favourite ways well worth avoiding…

Coming Out During Interviews

I’m a recent college graduate and now job hunting. I’m writing because I’m not sure whether I should be coming out during job interviews, or not.

I don’t know if it will hurt or help my credentials if I’m out during the process and am also uncertain that the interviewers will gather that I’m a lesbian if I don’t say anything at all…

Throwing People “Out” – Should It Ever Be Done?

Old friends often ask me if other people are gay.
I am not entirely sure why this is. Perhaps, as their only non-straight ex-class mate, I have become the authority on such things.

I often tell them I don’t know. Usually because I don’t, or because I feel protective over the privacy of my acquaintances.
Lately I’ve found myself wondering: why the interest in other people’s sexuality?

On Coming Out…

It started with a kiss…
School friends whooped and cheered, handing around an illegally obtained bottle of Malibu – the precious, as I shared my first kiss with a girl in my school year, I was 15. What I learnt coming out…