coming out

Ellen Page: “I feel profoundly grateful that I am able to be out”

Published on : 24th May 201924th May 2019 Published by : EDITOR

The actor and activist talks to Roxy Bourdillon about sex scenes and standing in her truth PHOTO: DAVID SORCHER/LIONSGATE It’s Valentine’s Day 2014 and Ellen Page is onstage at the Human Rights Campaign conference in Las Vegas. She’s wearing black skinny jeans and a t-shirt with “All love” printed on it. She looks a little [….]

OPINION: “Isn’t it time for more positive LGBTQI+ stories onscreen?”

Published on : 14th May 201916th May 2019 Published by : EDITOR

Filmmaker Joe Solomon explains why it’s so important to create celebratory queer cinema BY JOE SOLOMON Do you remember the first person you came out to? What was going through your head? According to Dr Shainna Ali, in article in Psychology Today The Coming Out cycle, the following questions invariably crop up: Will ________ understand? [….]

Carol Ann Duffy told me I was gay

Published on : 28th February 201928th February 2019 Published by : EDITOR

“How had she achieved the task of spinning this raw, wordless pain into neat dimensions, and stunning prose? How had she found me?” BY AYSE “BLUE” HUSEYIN The year was 2013. The summer Orange Is The New Black would drag thousands of women out of the closet by the ankle, the photograph of Angelina Jolie [….]

Why I probably won’t ever come out to my family

Published on : 1st December 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

“Whenever I talk about bisexuality around my family the word sits dirty in my mouth” BY IRENE PAZ The first person I ever came out to was my best friend in high school when I was 16. With it came an acquiescent feeling of relief, but I also felt scared. Scared that somehow, now that [….]

Coming out as a geek

Published on : 12th November 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

“You are not alone, sister. We are legion” BY DEBRA-JANE APPELBY As everyone knows, coming out can be an horrendously stressful time. For some it can be an anti-climax as the days, months or years of anxiety can be welcomed by close family members and trusted friends with an… “About bloody time! Now let’s get [….]

Unexpected conversations

Published on : 22nd February 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

“Within two days I have come out to my cleaner, and then to my 20-year-old son” BY WOMAN ON THE VERGE It has been quite a week. I don’t know if there is something in the water but, after a long time of not discussing my sexual preferences with anyone, within two days I have [….]

Fashionably late to the party

Published on : 6th February 201818th February 2019 Published by : Editorial Team

“I was suddenly on high gaydar alert for any mid-life lady-lovers” BY WOMAN ON THE VERGE This is quite a shocking admission, coming as it does on a website for lesbians, bisexual and queer women, but until I fell in love with a woman at the ripe (some might say fermenting) old age of 42, I [….]