Pride In The Valleys & Other Pride News

So when I wrote this article it had been 25 days of Pride Month 2019, although we have a while yet until Pride Cymru 2019 (where you’ll catch me walking around in drag AGAIN this year) but celebrating Pride has hit me somewhere and that being where I live and being who I am…

So I have a story that ranges from 2016 where originally I came out to my friends as gay and then for two years I hid that. I kept telling everyone else; “Oh no, I’m straight. I like girls”, but eventually it all crumbles down. At the time I was also an Air Cadet and the struggles I faced being in Air Cadets ended up breaking me, I broke down.

But 2 years later, 18 years of age I find myself feeling happy finding a LGBTQ+ Group after attending Pride 2018. I finally found somewhere I could feel myself, although I still hid it from my parents. This is not even the end of the story.

I still felt being out in The Valleys was hard as there wasn’t a great ton of support and I just felt abandoned, but times have changed and I do feel that there is more LGBTQ+ support in RCT as of right now, with their very own LGBTQ+ group currently being set up as we speak.

Living here for around 20 years now *Ugh I’m Getting Old* I feel there should have been more LGBTQ+ Group meets rather than always having to head elsewhere to get that support and also learn new things about the community.

As time went on I was able to find myself, make new friends and get the support I needed through this group that I attend in Cardiff in Cathays Community Centre called Impact, we meet every Tuesday at 5pm till 7pm.

Please leave a comment below if you’d like more information on Impact!

OTHER NEWS

PRIDE NEWS 

UKRAINE hosted it’s biggest ever pride Parade in Kiev.

FIRST PRIDE PARADE held in the city Amritsar, India.

ICELAND adds third gender option and strengthens trans rights in unanimous vote.

Pride Cymru Turns 20 This Year!