Stories

Vyvyen Wong – Cairns LGBTIQ+ Pioneer – My Story

It was a bright, sunny morning along a tropical Queensland Road as I drove from Babinda Boulders to James Cook University Campus in Cairns. Passing the sugar cane trains with their little trolleys full of sugar cane mulch, the ocean to my right and the Great Dividing...

Mikhara

Coming out was the most challenging process I have ever experienced and continue to experience. Firstly, it is a process.

My coming out letter

I tried coming out to my parents in person at age 17 and 22. Both times were inexplicably hard.

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