Wow have we been busy! It’s nearly been a year since our official app launch in Melbourne and Sydney last year, so we thought it was high time for an […]
And we’re live! StartOut now accepting mentor requests
We’re delighted to announce we have now turned on our online mentoring platform for people of diverse sexuality and gender. People in need of support, or just someone in their […]
“That’s okay”
So my experience is pretty underwhelming, so don’t be too disappointed. Since early high school, I was pretty open to friends about my state. I quite straightforwardly called myself bi-curious, […]
Reflections on being wrong about queerness
In hindsight, I was wrong about a lot of things. For one, I was wrong about what it means to be queer. Years after coming out, some part of me […]
How lucky am I?
Here I am with my partner of 38 years, a home we own without a mortgage, a daughter and three wonderful grandchildren. I don’t really know how I survived my […]
My Dad’s My Mate
I wrote this story in 2013 for the inaugural issue of “Hello Mr.” magazine as part of an ongoing photography project by Melbourne photographer, Ben Capp, called “My Dad’s My […]
The not so surprising surprise
Growing up in a town with a population of 22,000 wasn’t the easiest thing in the world, particularly when you identify as DSG, I was also one of four boys, […]
My Coming Out
I left home when I was 18 when I started university and stayed in a share house near my university. I knew it was going to be hard, very hard […]
A Friend in My Time of Need
After my migration to Australia when I was 19 I had many casual jobs then I trained as a nurse. In my second year of nurse training my mother in […]
Coming out wasn’t a one-time experience for me and it still isn’t
I wish I just could’ve forward an email to everyone I know; linked with Diana Ross’s ‘I’m Coming Out’ , in the first place. How simple and direct that would’ve […]