Drowning HIS Sexuality
STRUGGLING to accept his sexuality saw this man spiral into alcoholism, which he says helped ‘quiet his homosexual thoughts’; he even considered drowning himself in the bath – but he now embraces who he is after being sober for three years, and wants to help others do the same.
Sales manager Samuel Gegen, 32, grew up with a Catholic background, attending church regularly and feeling pressure to fit in. But at six he knew he was different: he didn’t like girls in the way other boys seemed to and would pray that he would one day be ‘normal’ and
