One woman shares her experience of coming out later in life
Earlier this month, Selling Sunset star Chrishell Stause revealed that she is in a relationship with Australian singer G Flip, who identifies as non-binary.
Every day I’d go to school and hear ‘gay’ being used as an insult, or I’d witness my gay male friends get beaten up for their sexuality. Besides, most of my crushes were on male celebrities, like Harrison Ford in Star Wars, so I never thought about questioning it.For instance, my female friendships were notably intense and when I moved to the UK in my 20s to study, I’d sometimes spend more time with female friends than the person I was dating.
It wasn’t until I reached my mid-40s that the toll of not being open with myself started to have an impact on my identity. My friends had the same reaction. Even telling my teenage son wasn’t an issue. He just mumbled ‘oh, cool’, like most teenagers would.
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