For everyone, the first feelings about sexuality are confusing and uncertain – this is more difficult if your orientation is not heterosexual. It's easy to end up feeling cut off - like you are the only one. That's not the case. Throughout Ireland there are thousands of people who know they are gay/bisexual or think they might be.

Coming out’ is a process that allows a person to get in touch with their own sexuality: to get comfortable with themselves about the possibility of being gay or bisexual.

Coming may, for some people, mean coming out to others; friends, family or colleagues (or a combination of these).

This part of the website includes two articles. One is for people who are gay or bisexual or think they might be.
The other is for parent(s) or guardian(s) of people who may be gay or bisexual (). This could also be printed out if you are intending to tell your parent(s) or guardian(s) and might be a useful read for the people you tell.