‘It’s difficult to feel like you belong when you don’t fit into the queer stereotypes’Īnna* felt like it was hard to fit in when you don’t feel like you “fit into the queer stereotypes”. The Edinburgh Tab spoke to four LGBTQ+ female students about their personal experiences of coming out at Edinburgh. It wasn’t until she moved to Edinburgh that she felt able to come out because of the positive environment she was in.įor some LGBTQ+ students, Edinburgh has been an amazing chance to express how they really feel and be themselves, whilst for others it has been a harder experience. Everywhere she went in her hometown she could hear homophobic conversations, views even held by her old friends who didn’t know that she was gay. Beth* didn’t feel able to come out in her small hometown as she didn’t feel like she’d be welcomed.
