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SEE YOU LATER, GAY BOYS!
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COMG OUT AS GAY IN YOUR 20S, 30S & 40S
Photographed by Brian two gay people follow the same “g out” trajectory; some are forced out of the proverbial “closet”, others are only ready when they’re ready, and of urse, for plenty of gay people, the big moment never actually arriv. Gay people may hold equal rights when to marriage, but, sadly, that don’t guarantee a happy receptn when you ci to tell your iends, parents and lleagu about your homosexualy. Acrdg to the LGBTQ rights chary Stonewall, the average age at which people e out as gay or lbian has fallen drastilly over the last four s, and is monly 17-21 among people who are now aged between 18 and 30.
AdvertisementADVERTISEMENTBy this time, some gay women have already had a long-term heterosexual relatnship, have children wh a man, have passed an age where they feel fortable gog to gay clubs, fallen to straight circl, or nvced their fai and themselv that they’re on a particular life path, wh no room to viate.
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