Only this morning he questioned me, "Jen are you bi or a lesbian?"
I told him straight, "Dad, I'm a lesbian. I don't fancy men in any way."
He just shook his head again this morning.
I started questioning my sexuality when I was about 12 years old.
At home I used to watch lesbian movies, I used to go on the internet,
I used to check out women.
I didn't tell anyone that I was a full lesbian till I was about 16.
All my friends were straight.
I felt really different and felt I didn’t have anyone the same as me around
and I had nowhere to go, so my head was going all over the place.
I tried to convince myself I could still be straight but it just wouldn’t work.
I was quite scared of coming out to my family especially.
He's still getting used to the fact that I'm a lesbian.
He's still not okay with it, he still goes, "Where did you go wrong?"
He still doesn’t understand why I'm with women.
He still thinks the whole lesbian thing is wrong.
He still likes me as a sister, he just doesn’t like it
when I bring around lesbian girls or anything like that,
but he doesn’t mind watching it on porn or telly.
I just told her straight because I was really angry.
I went to a bi and lesbian girl group and she was like, "Oh, you're gay",
I was like, "No, I'm bi".
I said that to play it safe and she was like, "That's okay, I've got lots of gay and lesbian mates".
I was quite shocked and she was quite fine about it so that was really good.
When I told him he was really disappointed.
He was like, "You're not bi or whatever, you're not a lesbian, you just think that".
I was like, "No, I'm pretty sure I am because if I like girls, how can I be straight?"
Though he's gay or bi himself,
he can't accept me for who I am which is disappointing.
If you know what you are, even if you're 10 or 11,
so what, come out if you know what you are.
People say you don't know what you're thinking at such a young age,
but the fact is they actually do.
They’re introducing gay and lesbian themes into schools and colleges.
A lot of young people are accepting the fact that they're here
and they're not taking the mick out of them anymore.
So for a younger person to come out,
I think it's okay because a lot of the older generation are still backwards,
they’re still saying gay and lesbian is wrong.
It's just how they're born.
Your age can't change the way your mind thinks, the way the person is.
Tell the people closest to you first, and then gradually let everyone else know.
That's the best advice I can give you.