I knew so many people who had done it before, who had the best summer ever. But when realised they were all straight, was nervous as hell.
It took me a long time to become confident in my queerness. It took years of growth to go from a quiet closeted gay boy to an out and proud gay man. All of that growth happened in my home city, Dublin. I’ve built up a network of friends here, some queer and some straight, who understand my queerness. Suddenly, was going to be without that. began to question my confidence as a queer person, something I’ve been so sure of for years.I knew how to be gay in Dublin. didn’t know how to be gay in Vancouver.