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11 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
It’s #NationalComingOutDay, so we’re celebrating the stories of some well-known LGBTQI+ faces and exploring the ways in which they chose to show the world exactly who they are 🏳️‍🌈🧵
Judge @RobbieRinder chose to come out at the age of 22, in what he describes as a ‘soft process.’ 👨‍⚖️

‘I was partially motivated by not wanting to live a lie – a need to live honestly – and partially because I had fallen in love, albeit unrequitedly.’

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Strictly Come Dancing star @jojo_radebe credits his family in South Africa’s with allowing him to feel comfortable with his identity from an early age 🇿🇦

‘I am grateful they never imposed ideas about sexuality on me and I was allowed to just be a child.’

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Made in Chelsea’s @ollielocke, meanwhile, describes telling his mother he was bisexual as something of an epiphany.

‘It starts with life being all in black in white, but when you go over the rainbow, it takes on colour. It’s how I felt.’

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Actress @shelleyking55 found it difficult to process her identity in adolescence, before coming at 42 was a revelation.

‘I want to tell other people to never be afraid of who you are. The people who really love you will support you.’

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Country music signer @BrookeEdenMusic came out at 27 and ‘had to put her foot down’ 🎸

‘I took a stand and essentially said: ‘This is who I am, and if you’re not going to accept me for who I am then I’m just not going to be in your life’.’

metro.co.uk/2021/06/19/bro…
There are millions of different coming out stories in the United Kingdom, and plenty more waiting to be told, too 🏳️‍🌈

If you’re an LGBTQI+ person considering coming out, we hope that the diverse, inspirational stories from those above are a source of support.

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