Coming Out Stories

by What Goes On Media
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Real people. Unique Stories.Coming Out Stories will take you to one the most important moments in many people’s lives. It will perch you on sofas in suburban sitting rooms, stand you in front of officials' desks, put you at the centre of a crowd in a noisy classroom, everywhere where these conversations have happened. It doesn’t even matter if you haven’t had a conversation like this yourself, or indeed ever plan to. Everyone can recognise the innate human desire to love and be loved, and that’s what these stories are about.

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Recent Episodes
  • Staying True: Kuchenga Shenjé's Journey of Identity, Resilience, and Creative Expression
    Dec 11, 2024 – 30:11
  • How to *not* come out (and still live authentically!) Meet the YA author who has had his books banned
    Oct 23, 2024 – 28:25
  • Dean Atta: The Challenges of Growing Up Queer
    Sep 18, 2024 – 30:53
  • Jordan Gonsalves: Growing Up LGBTQ+ in Conservative Texas
    Aug 21, 2024 – 35:42
  • Kevin: The Transformative Power of Coming Out Later in Life
    Jul 24, 2024 – 34:25
  • Love, Literature, and Living Authentically with Robert Tregoning
    Jun 1, 2024 – 32:22
  • From Silence to Advocacy A Trans Story of Resilience and Change
    May 15, 2024 – 37:48
  • Jenny's Voyage of Authenticity: From Woking to Manchester via the Comedy Stage
    May 1, 2024 – 37:06
  • Fostering Belonging: Anna DeShawn’s Journey Through Queer Identity and Media
    Apr 3, 2024 – 29:47
  • Michael: From Summer Camp to Corporate Change, a journey of self-acceptance in the Big Apple.
    Mar 20, 2024 – 27:21
  • Kirsty: Embracing Queerness on a Manchester Council Estate
    Mar 6, 2024 – 27:22
  • Moe: Finding love, acceptance and dating as a trans, non-binary bisexual!
    Feb 21, 2024 – 36:28
  • Blazing Trails: Arthur's Journey and the Formation of the World's First All-Trans Masculine Football Team
    Feb 7, 2024 – 34:20
  • Living Out Loud: Annie Wallace on Pioneering Trans Visibility in Television
    Jan 24, 2024 – 59:15
  • Gary: I felt jealous when my son came out to me. It took me 40 years to have the courage to do the same.
    Jan 10, 2024 – 47:55
  • Braving the Past, Embracing the Future: Ann's Journey of Identity, Activism and Advocacy for other lesbian mothers.
    Dec 27, 2023 – 36:24
  • Verity: I knew I was a boy but didn't know how to say that! The struggles and triumphs of a transgender athlete.
    Dec 13, 2023 – 34:41
  • The Power of Acceptance: Luma Mufleh's Struggle and Triumph
    Nov 29, 2023 – 30:27
  • The Journey of a Happy, Holy Homosexual: Reverend Jide's Story
    Nov 15, 2023 – 58:50
  • The Undying Spirit of Juno Roche: Conquering Adversity in the Trans World
    Nov 1, 2023 – 52:25
  • Coming Out Stories: A New Season of Resilience, Hope, and Love from the LGBTQ+ Community
    Oct 19, 2023 – 09:13
  • Kit: I never understood why all my friends were obsessed with boys! Then I came out, fell in love with women and lost my mind!
    May 31, 2023 – 29:29
  • Valentino: My family simply didn't know how to raise a gay child
    May 19, 2023 – 50:38
  • Dharma: The teacher told me to play with the other boys, but I knew I wasn't a boy. It was a secret I kept for a long time.
    May 3, 2023 – 31:52
  • Clifford: My dad suggested conversion therapy and I let him sit with that idea, I was literally the first gay person he knew.
    Apr 19, 2023 – 36:45
  • Special Episode: Queer We Are with Coming Out Stories' Emma Goswell and Sam Walker
    Apr 12, 2023 – 46:33
  • Brad: For more than 30 years I convinced myself "I can't be gay. I will change someday"
    Apr 6, 2023 – 32:19
  • EJ: I’ve had quite the internal war about how I identify. I don’t want to use the labels that society gives us!
    Mar 23, 2023 – 27:28
  • Andrew: I told myself that being bisexual was just a phase. It was not!
    Mar 8, 2023 – 35:48
  • Grady: For forty years, I prayed for God to "fix me" Then I realised there was nothing to fix.
    Feb 22, 2023 – 32:04
  • Lucy Lou: The moment I put that dress on, I thought "I'm here!"
    Feb 8, 2023 – 31:29
  • Day: It took me all night to garner the courage but at sunrise, I came out to her
    Jan 25, 2023 – 33:31
  • Mark: I was so nervous, I had to leave the room, and came out to my mom from the kitchen.
    Jan 11, 2023 – 33:11
  • Yo Yo: I grew up where it was illegal to be gay. I had to write love letters to my girlfriend in code
    Dec 28, 2022 – 28:41
  • Andrew: I don't want to be hemmed into a box. I've done that for so many years.
    Dec 14, 2022 – 34:23
  • Jennie: "So many people knew they were gay from a young age, but that's just not my story""
    Nov 30, 2022 – 27:27
  • Jaxon: Walking back into work as a trans man was the most frightening thing I've ever done, but I've seen so many people change their mindset."
    Nov 16, 2022 – 46:52
  • Rob: “I tried so hard to change who I was. I changed the way I dressed, the way I spoke and even the way I walked. I didn’t feel safe being myself.”
    Nov 2, 2022 – 33:02
  • Serena: When I came out to my 9 year old son, he said “Mammy, that’s very brave of you!"
    Oct 19, 2022 – 21:57
  • A National Coming Out Day special!
    Oct 11, 2022 – 32:28
  • Paris: From the time I was a young kid, I always felt really connected to being both male and female
    Oct 5, 2022 – 23:20
  • Oh! Hello season four!
    Sep 28, 2022 – 03:21
  • Oskar: “Identity is an internal thing, not how you look to other people”
    Sep 27, 2022 – 29:49
  • Divina de Campo “If ever there was a little queerdo kid – it was me”
    Sep 26, 2022 – 33:13
  • Angela and Lucia: “We painted “Lesbians are everywhere!” on the sides of buildings!”
    Sep 25, 2022 – 14:54
  • Jacob: So many people say I am the only non-binary person they know and I think “Really?!”
    Sep 24, 2022 – 18:00
  • Asad: When I told my dad, I had a friend waiting outside with my suitcases.
    Sep 23, 2022 – 35:36
  • JJ: I didn't think my wife would stay with me, but I had to tell her my secret.
    Sep 22, 2022 – 22:23
  • Dean McCullough on growing up in Northern Ireland as "Gay Dean"
    Sep 21, 2022 – 15:57
  • Tracey: “His dad still asks him: “When are you going to find a girl to marry?””
    May 4, 2022 – 27:14
Recent Reviews
  • ant537
    Lovely
    Can’t wait for more!!! :)
  • Jjarock
    Extraordinary!!!
    I have never been interviewed, although I’ve not had many, that have been filled with so much emotion. Emma Goswell, thank you for hold that mic and not having a camera to document the tears in my eyes as I spoke my truth. Sam Walker, thank you for the amazing role you have, what a pleasure. I hope everyone has a chance to tune in to these amazing podcasts and the interviews conducted in The Bronx, NewYork 2018. You guys are fabulous!
  • RevCarmen
    Emma & Sam are amazing people
    What a Pleasure and honor to have met Emma & Sam. And I am so humble to be interviewed by them. Now I can say I have friends in UK ;-) Thank you Alexandar for always thinking of me.
  • Too fun for us
    Amazing
    Emma You are amazingly funny and entertaining! Thank you for sharing your coming out story😁 and putting your positive energy into the universe! Marnie Behrendt
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