"The Very Beginnings Of My Actual Gay Life..." - with Jacob Trueman
Lost Spaces: Memories from Gay Bars, Lesbian Clubs, and LGBTQ+ Parties
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The Relationship Between Fear of Coming Out and Self Esteem
I think any self esteem issues that I had or have. Yeah, they don't go away. Spoiler it though. They never do. I dealt with any feelings of uneasiness that I would have for my homosexuality years before. I got to a point where I think about 15, 16, in my head secretly I was very militant. And the therapist didn't really know how to deal with it. He ended up just having to sort of keep going and come out to people bit by bit. It's a really odd time. Which seems to be my sort of my ammo. I would just tell people in a fit of peak or something. When is the right time? The reaction
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