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Introduction
Are you gay?
Do you want to tell anybody?
Who do you want to tell ... and how?
What you can do now that the closet doors have swung open
> Yahoo! I'm alive! (which is much harder than I thought)
Where to go for help
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STEP FIVE
YAHOO! I'M ALIVE! (WHICH IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT)
You're home free. Now the really difficult bit starts. You have
to get on with the business of living and being as happy or stimulated
or lazy or brilliant or stupid as you can and fulfil whatever
your destiny holds for you.
There aren't any rules, but being gay can throw up problems that
others don't have to deal with. These problems are mainly the
result of prejudice from other people and you will have to find
your own way of dealing with them. Things have changed enormously
for the better in recent years, but we still don't live in a land
where everybody gets sweeties and gum. And we probably never will.
But remember just one thing: being gay doesn't make you good or
bad, right or wrong, happy or unhappy ... those are just decisions
you have to make once you've got used to being gay. So great good
gay luck to you! |
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A GENERAL WORD OF WARNING
If you're gay, you may be a fairy but coming out isn't a magic
wand.
Just coming to terms with your lesbian or gay sexuality can create
problems in the short term. So take it easy. Don't expect some
magical world to open up immediately. But, on the other hand,
it will be a lot, lot, lot better than being trapped in a twilight
zone of indecision in your own mind.
Coming out is not some cure-all for every problem in your world.
Don't forget you're still the same person both sides of the line.
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