Heather
February 28, 2009Name or Nick Name : Heather
Country or City you are from: : Perth, Western Australia
Your Age : 27
Your Gender : Female
What did you come out as? : Lesbian
What other words would you use to describe yourself? : Plain and simple Just A Dag!
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 6 yrs old
How old were you when you first told someone? : 19 yrs old
Did you plan it? If so, how? : No, It just sorta came out during a conversation we were having at the time.
What made you choose that person to tell? : He was my boyfriend at the time.
Can you remember exactly what you said? : I like girls. It was something like that.
How did you feel? : GREAT!
What was the person’s reaction? : Completely fine with it.
What did they say? : Nodded and asked if I would do a 3some with him with me and another girl. He thought he had won the lottery! In reality he did not!
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : We broke up.
What’s it like now? : We were friends for years and now we don't communicate. We haven't for years.
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : Just guys yelling stuff out like LESBIANS! MUFFIN CRUNCHES! and looking at me with my girlfriend. It's soooo annoying!
Since coming out how out are you at school? : not_applicable
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : Means being free
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? : N/A
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? : Closeted means that you haven't told anyone that you are GLBT.
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : Just do it as Nike would say!. You will feel 100000% times better and then you can move forward with you life and live.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Nah, it's happened it's happened. Just move on.
Anything you want to add? : I wish everyone on Planet Earth was accepted and treated as equal.
Country or City you are from: : Perth, Western Australia
Your Age : 27
Your Gender : Female
What did you come out as? : Lesbian
What other words would you use to describe yourself? : Plain and simple Just A Dag!
How old were you when you first realised your identity? : 6 yrs old
How old were you when you first told someone? : 19 yrs old
Did you plan it? If so, how? : No, It just sorta came out during a conversation we were having at the time.
What made you choose that person to tell? : He was my boyfriend at the time.
Can you remember exactly what you said? : I like girls. It was something like that.
How did you feel? : GREAT!
What was the person’s reaction? : Completely fine with it.
What did they say? : Nodded and asked if I would do a 3some with him with me and another girl. He thought he had won the lottery! In reality he did not!
What was your relationship with the person like afterwards? : We broke up.
What’s it like now? : We were friends for years and now we don't communicate. We haven't for years.
If you’ve experienced homophobia etc, please give an example. : Just guys yelling stuff out like LESBIANS! MUFFIN CRUNCHES! and looking at me with my girlfriend. It's soooo annoying!
Since coming out how out are you at school? : not_applicable
Since coming out, how “out” are you at work? : not_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with family? : all_out
Since coming out, how “out” are you with your friends? : all_out
What does being out mean to you? : Means being free
What differences, if any, did your cultural background make to your experience of coming out? : N/A
What does the concept of the closet mean to you? : Closeted means that you haven't told anyone that you are GLBT.
What advice would you give someone wanting to come out? : Just do it as Nike would say!. You will feel 100000% times better and then you can move forward with you life and live.
If you could do it all again, would you do it any differently? If so, how? : Nah, it's happened it's happened. Just move on.
Anything you want to add? : I wish everyone on Planet Earth was accepted and treated as equal.
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