LGBTQ
"I quickly realised that as a teen, there would be elements of my gender transition that were fully beyond my control."
"I’d have to always hide who I was to fit in, I thought, if there was any hope of a happy future."
“Maybe being gay — something I’d always, on some level, known about myself — wasn’t as wrong, bad and shameful as I’d taught at home.”
"I had become resigned to living the rest of my life as if it belonged to someone I emailed with a few times but never actually met."
"It has been habitual, since I left the enclave, my careful shuttering of myself."
Home secretary will say being gay or a woman is not reason enough to receive asylum.
"I get to the clinic 15 minutes early as requested. I’m greeted by the receptionist — and a bunch of stares."
"How had I missed such obvious, significant parts of the people who were closest to me?"
The first same-sex dating show premiered on Bravo 20 years ago — and it illuminated an obstacle that queer reality shows still face today.
"Almost overnight everything in my life changed for the better..."