Come Out Podcast #03 - Colin

Come Out Podcast

In this episode of the Coming Out Podcast, Stefan chats with his good friend Colin as they discuss his coming out story. Growing up in Victoria BC, Colin and Stefan met in 2016 when they both moved to Vancouver. Colin shares his experiences growing up as a feminine man, sharing some humorous stories along the way about growing up gay in a glass closet.

Colin works in retail cosmetics and praises it as a queer friendly environment.

Listen in to hear the story of his journey to becoming a proud queer man today.

Episode Highlights:

· [0:40] Intro

· [1:03] More about Colin and where he is from.

· [1:47] What Colin’s first memory of being different? He talks about growing up in a glass closet.

· [2:17] Colin talks about having the straight narrative pushed upon him as a child.

· [3:01] Colin talks about an early memory with his grandma and how she responded to him being a feminine child

· [3:58] Stefan shares the story of his first words

· [4:15] Colin talks about being in the closet to himself and masking his sexuality as emo.

· [4:55] They joke about Colin having a great beard when they first met.

· [5:26] Colin talks about not feeling the need to come out and how his Christianity surroundings effected his ability to say it out loud.

· [6:10] They talk about being in school and how Colin avoided coming out by dropping out of school.

· [6:53] Colin reminisces about how he eventually told people about his sexuality with an act rather than words.

· [7:33] Colin talks about the person he first told, who also turned out to be queer. And they talk about having their first queer friend.

· [8:37] Was anyone surprised? Colin shares his struggle with being a feminine gay.

· [9:30] Colin talks about how his family responded to him being gay. And talks about his Aunt who was a gay woman who was friends with his dad.

· [10:25] Colin talks about how he was named after his dad’s friend who died during the AIDS crisis.

· [11:00] How important is queer history? Stonewall, the aids crisis.

· [11:39] Did you act differently when you came out? Colin talks about secluding himself from people after coming out.

· [12:14] Would he do anything differently?

· [12:54] They talk about having negative reactions and how it was avoided in Colin’s case.

· [13:49] Colin’s advice for people coming out. He talks about how allies helped him find his place in the world.

· [15:18] Colin has a message for the Allies and the queer people listening.

· [15:51] Thanks you and wrap up.

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