The Adverse Childhood Experience study led by Dr Vincent Felitti showed that the greater number of extreme negative experiences a child has, the greater the chance they will develop mental health problems in adulthood. Research now shows how destructive shame can be.
We all grow up hearing homo- and transphobia, and, as I say in my book Straight Jacket, LGBT kids aren’t given magical earplugs.
We don’t talk about it much, but many people struggle to feel at ease being anything other than heterosexual, even years after coming out.
