coming Out stories

In these stories women talk about the time when they first realised or decided they were lesbians and when they came out as lesbian to others. Most came out during the  time of Gay Liberation and the Women’s Liberation Movement l970-l990. But a few are later than this. 

Lynne
Came Out: 1972
Aged: 24
Anonymous
Came Out: 2000
Aged: 17
Les
Came Out: 1978
Aged: 20
Pam
Came Out: 1970’s
Aged: 27
Carol
Came Out: 1971
Aged: Late 18
Bettina
Came Out: Late 1990’s
Aged: 17
Val
Came Out: 1975
Aged: 35
Carol
Came Out: 1971
Aged: 18
Anonymous
Came Out: 1995
Aged: Mid 20’s
Anonymous
Came Out: 1969/70
Aged: 10-11
Anonymous
Came Out: 1970’s
Aged: 14
Anonymous
Came Out: 1980’s
Aged: 13
Anonymous
Came Out: 1982
Aged: 17
Elaine
Came Out: 1973
Aged: 27