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International Coming Out Day: "I knew they weren't angry, but it was still kind of nerve-racking to go home"

Today is International Coming Out Day, which is a day dedicated to highlighting the positive impa...

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09.56 11 Oct 2020


International Coming Out Day: "I knew they weren't angry, but it was still kind of nerve-racking to go home"


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09.56 11 Oct 2020


Today is International Coming Out Day, which is a day dedicated to highlighting the positive impact but also the challenges faced by LGBTQI + people in coming out. 

BeLong To Youth Services is an organisation that offers support and Susan Keogh was  joined by their CEO Moninne Griffith & Jayson Pope, a gay trans man who has been part of the the BeLong To community for the past 6 years. 

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