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The bate over same-sex marriage has put sharp foc the discrimatn faced by gay and lbian people the bh – and how attus are changg

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JAKE'S STORY OF BEG GAY RAL ATRALIA

Meet Jake, a young gay Atralian who grew up a ral untry town. His g out got some surprisg - and some pretty ordary reactns. Read about his experience at * growing up gay in australia *

Meet Jake, a young gay Atralian who grew up a ral untry town.

When I first realised I was gay.

GROWG UP GAY THE ATRALIAN BH: 'WE DO NOT FLNT , 'S WHO WE ARE'

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I like to say to people that I realised I was gay right after I first had sex wh a du.

THE MANDALA MUNE HELPED ME EMBRACE GROWG UP GAY A SMALL TOWN

Growg up, never occurred to me that I was gay. I gus I jt wanted to prove to myself that I was okay wh beg gay. For many years, I’d believed that people my town wouldn’t tolerate anyone gay.

When I heard ments like ‘Oh, that’s gay’ or ‘Ha!

AN INTY PLEX: GROWG UP GAY AND ASIAN RAL ATRALIA

I thought they hated homosexuals. Once I was livg away, however, I realised that wasn’t my hometown that didn’t like me beg gay; I didn’t like myself for beg gay. Beg gay the untry is hard.

WHAT ’S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY A SCHOOL THAT WISH YOU WEREN’T

My sex life and my sexualy were the gossip sphere for such a small amount of time that, by the time I returned to Atralia, people had actually fotten that I’d intified as gay. Beg gay a small untry town means I still do all the normal thgs I did before I me out. Do they want to arrt me bee of beg gay?

'"ABC Everyday your boxGet our newsletter for the bt of ABC Everyday each week'You guys don't realise how lucky you are' Liz uldn't openly say she was gay whout feelg "terrified" when she first arrived Atralia.

HERE'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY AND INDIGENO IN ATRALIA

They know what they want to do, they know what they like and you're jt stg here [thkg I] n't even say 'I'm gay' whout beg terrified, " she rells. Growg up a small nservative town Java, homosexualy wasn't talked about when Liz was growg first realised she was gay while watchg Kate Wslet's nu portra scene was Atralia for the same-sex marriage postal vote and attend one of the Y march. [They] tried to discrimate [agast] you and get you down mentally, " he enunters ed Hadi to isolate himself yet aga, until he joed his lol tennis club and found his found beneficial "jt beg out there stead of stayg at home beg prsed and beg anx about everythg" is now openly gay to many of his iends here and "uldn't image" livg Indonia aga.

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