I'm Coming Out

By Jonny Harvey

What's I'm Coming Out about?

I'm Coming Out explores what it's like to grow up gay in a straight world. Every week a member of the LGBTQI+ community chats with Jonny Harvey about discovering and coming to terms with their sexuality, and the steps they took to move out of the shadows and lead a more authentic life.

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I'm Coming Out episodes:

02.20.2021
#20 Gabi & Shanna from 27 Travels on why gay representation is so important & experiencing homophobia in NYC
Gabi and Shanna are two travel bloggers from New York City. I’ve been following them for some time now on Instagram and living vicariously through them as they traverse the globe on their far-flung travels. I interviewed them remotely of...
02.11.2021
#19 Dan on being gay & a fundamentalist Christian & Nick on being outed to his parents by his boyfriend
Dan & Nick from the 802 podcast met a few years back at a house party and instantly became firm friends. Dan is from Norfolk but now lives in London & Nick grew up in the warmer climes of Trinidad...
02.04.2021
#18 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub & why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors
Brock Yurich is an American actor who has starred in Succession, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt & Tyler Perry’s the Have and the Have Nots. He was born and raised in Ohio and completed a degree in musical theatre in Orlando Florida...
02.03.2021
#24 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub and why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors
Brock Yurich is an American actor who has starred in Succession, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt & Tyler Perry’s the Have and the Have Nots. He was born and raised in Ohio and completed a degree in musical theatre in Orlando Florida...
01.28.2021
#17 Robin Windsor on why he didn't come out to his mum until he was 35
Robin was a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing, one of the biggest shows in the UK for the best part of a decade. Dancing since the age of three he became England’s number one ballroom dancer as a teenager. He...
01.21.2021
#22 Mohsin Zaidi on growing up gay & Muslim in East London
It’s series 4 time!!!!! And I’m thrilled that my first guest is top criminal barrister and author Mohsin Zaidi. He released his memoirs ‘A Dutiful Boy’ last October and it was one of my favourite books of 2020 - I...
08.20.2020
#15 Chris McNaughten/Bear Strong on what it was like to come out in the hyper-masculine world of Strongman
Chris McNaughten (also known by his moniker Bear Strong) is a two-time Junior Ireland Strongman champion. He also owns his own gym near Belfast. Whilst the sporting world unfortunately continues to be a deeply homophobic place for most athletes, Chris is...
08.13.2020
#14 Isaac Oliver on growing up with gay-friendly parents & dating in New York City
Isaac is an author, playwright and stage comic. His debut book ‘Intimacy Idiot’ was released in 2015 to widespread acclaim. The book details all the hilarious encounters Isaac has had with men, whilst dating in the Big Apple. New York magazine...
08.06.2020
#19 Spencer Cooper on his love for our community & why he wants to uplift his LGBTQ+ siblings
Spencer is a twenty-two year old podcaster & blogger from Wales. I came across him when I started listening to his podcast Queer Talk, which he hosts with his two friends James & Mufseen. It focuses on the positive news...
07.30.2020
#18 Stuart Edmonds on how he came out to his brother & the special relationship between gay men & pop music
Stuart is one of the three presenters on the podcast Unflopped (his friends Sean Vickers & Joe Heaney being the other two). It also just so happens to be one of my favourite podcasts. It has gone from strength to...
07.23.2020
#13 Lev AC Rosen on why being gay is a gift
Lev is an American writer who already has a number of novels & YA fiction books under his belt. His work has been translated into many different languages and are regularly featured on 'best of' lists. His latest is ‘Camp’...
07.17.2020
#12 Alex Leon on racism within the gay community & the urgent need for specialised LGBTQ+ mental health services
Alex is an Australian writer & campaigner and it was one of his tweets earlier this year on growing up gay which initially piqued my interest in him (it’s featured on the podcast). A whole lot of people clearly connected...
07.09.2020
#11 Lewis Laney on coming out at school aged 14 & what it's like to have a gay dad
Series 3 is here!!!!! New music, updated artwork & most importantly eight new coming out stories. And my first guest of the series is the author Lewis Laney. Lewis had his first short story published in Gay Times, when he was...
04.02.2020
#10 Conner Habib on growing up as a gay kid in small-town America
Conner Habib is a really interesting character and has had a wildly diverse career. He hosts a successful podcast called Against Everyone with Conner Habib and is a prolific writer having written for Vice, Slate the Irish Times. He’s a...
03.19.2020
#13 Brian Kennedy on coping with homophobia from his own family and why he feels uncomfortable with the use of 'daddy' in modern gay culture.
Brian is one of Ireland’s best loved singers with a career spanning over 30 years. He grew up in Northern Ireland in the 60’s and 70’s at the very height of the troubles. He moved to London when he was...
03.05.2020
#8 Rory Cowan on what it was like to be gay in Ireland pre-decriminalisation
Rory Cowan is of course one of the stars of the hit BBC sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys. He was born in Dublin and started out working for EMI Ireland, where he eventually became their marketing manager. He subsequently went on...
02.27.2020
#11 Matt Mahmood-Ogsten on dealing with & combating religious & cultural based homophobia
Matt is the founder of the Naz and Matt foundation, a charity he set up to honour the memory of his late fiance Dr Nazim Mahmood, who died from suicide just days after coming out to his deeply religious family...
02.20.2020
#6 Rory O’Neill on expanding the definition of what it means to be Irish and why he doesn't like occasional gays
Rory is someone who needs no introduction. He has worked as a drag queen for over 30 years now and has toured the world many times over with his stage shows. He is also a publican, activist, writer (and shoemaker,...
02.13.2020
#5 Robert Rinder on kissing boys as a teenager & how best to deal with homophobes
Series 2 is here!!! Thanks to everyone for all your support and lovely messages for the first series. I have lots of new episodes coming in the next few weeks with guests such as Panti Bliss and Rory Cowan. But...
08.16.2019
#4 Andy West on how his experiences with women made him realise he was gay
People resign from their jobs all the time. But when Andy West left his job as a BBC journalist in 2015 it made headline news. Because his was no ordinary resignation; it was in response to Tyson Fury’s nomination for...
08.10.2019
#7 Darren Kennedy on how homophobic bullying nearly broke him but ultimately made him stronger
Darren is a TV presenter and has hosted shows for the BBC, Channel 5 and regularly appears on ITV’s This Morning. He is a columnist for the Irish Independent and his writing has also been featured in the Telegraph and...
08.03.2019
#6 Jonny Benjamin on how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health & why coming out was the best thing he's ever done
**Quite a lot of clipping on this interview so had to edit out most of the original interview-apologies. Will be sorted for series two.** Jonny first came to the public’s attention in 2014 when he launched a campaign to find the...
08.02.2019
#6 Jonny Benjamin on growing up gay in the Jewish community and how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health.
Jonny first came to the public’s attention in 2014 when he launched a campaign to find the stranger, who six years previously had talked him down from the edge of Waterloo Bridge, as he was about to take his own...
07.27.2019
#5 Eilish O' Carroll on falling for a woman in her forties and her ten year struggle to accept her sexuality
Eilish O’ Carroll plays Winne McGoogan on the hugely successful sitcom ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, which has not only been a big hit in the UK and Ireland but also in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As part of Mrs Brown’s...
07.24.2019
#5 Eilish O' Carroll on falling for a woman in her forties & her ten year struggle to accept her sexuality
Eilish O’ Carroll plays Winne McGoogan on the hugely successful sitcom ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’, which has not only been a big hit in the UK and Ireland but also in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. As part of Mrs Brown’s...
07.12.2019
#3 Steven Carter Bailey on growing up gay & Mormon and his struggle with food addiction
Steven Carter-Bailey was a finalist on GBBO in 2017 (his series is still on All4, if you haven’t seen it). He won three star bakers and several of those ever-elusive Hollywood Handshakes during his time on the show. He also...
07.11.2019
#4 Steven Carter Bailey on growing up gay and Mormon and his struggle with food addiction
Steven Carter-Bailey was a finalist on GBBO in 2017 (his series is still on All4, if you haven’t seen it). He won three star bakers and several of those ever-elusive Hollywood handshakes during his time on the show. He also...
07.08.2019
#2 Jen Brister on how she struggled to come out in the nineties and why LGBTQ+ rights should never be up for debate
Jen is a stand-up comic and writer from London. She has written and performed five solo shows around the world including at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and of course the Edinburgh Festival. She will be there again in August...
07.08.2019
#2 Justin Myers on how he had to walk home from school to avoid homophobic beatings on the bus
Justin first became known as a blogger using the pseudonym the Guyliner. He is a columnist for British GQ and he also writes for the Huffington Post, the Gay Times, the Guardian and the Sunday Times. On his blog he...
07.07.2019
#2 Justin Myers on how he had to walk home from school to avoid homophobic beatings on the bus
Justin first became known as a blogger using the pseudonym the Guyliner. He is a columnist for British GQ and he also writes for the Huffington Post, the Gay Times, the Guardian and the Sunday Times. On his blog he...
07.06.2019
#1 David Norris on being the first openly gay person on Irish TV and the homophobia he experienced from the Irish media during his presidential campaign.
David Norris is an Irish senator and an internationally recognised human rights campaigner with a political career spanning five decades. David fought for sixteen years to overturn Irish laws which prohibited male homosexuality, eventually winning a historic victory in the...

What's I'm Coming Out about?

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I'm Coming Out episodes:

#20 Gabi & Shanna from 27 Travels on why gay representation is so important & experiencing homophobia in NYC

#19 Dan on being gay & a fundamentalist Christian & Nick on being outed to his parents by his boyfriend

#18 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub & why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors

#24 Brock Yurich on dancing at Pulse nightclub and why it's so important gay roles are played by gay actors

#17 Robin Windsor on why he didn't come out to his mum until he was 35

#22 Mohsin Zaidi on growing up gay & Muslim in East London

#15 Chris McNaughten/Bear Strong on what it was like to come out in the hyper-masculine world of Strongman

#14 Isaac Oliver on growing up with gay-friendly parents & dating in New York City

#19 Spencer Cooper on his love for our community & why he wants to uplift his LGBTQ+ siblings

#18 Stuart Edmonds on how he came out to his brother & the special relationship between gay men & pop music

#13 Lev AC Rosen on why being gay is a gift

#12 Alex Leon on racism within the gay community & the urgent need for specialised LGBTQ+ mental health services

#11 Lewis Laney on coming out at school aged 14 & what it's like to have a gay dad

#10 Conner Habib on growing up as a gay kid in small-town America

#13 Brian Kennedy on coping with homophobia from his own family and why he feels uncomfortable with the use of 'daddy' in modern gay culture.

#8 Rory Cowan on what it was like to be gay in Ireland pre-decriminalisation

#11 Matt Mahmood-Ogsten on dealing with & combating religious & cultural based homophobia

#6 Rory O’Neill on expanding the definition of what it means to be Irish and why he doesn't like occasional gays

#5 Robert Rinder on kissing boys as a teenager & how best to deal with homophobes

#4 Andy West on how his experiences with women made him realise he was gay

#7 Darren Kennedy on how homophobic bullying nearly broke him but ultimately made him stronger

#6 Jonny Benjamin on how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health & why coming out was the best thing he's ever done

#6 Jonny Benjamin on growing up gay in the Jewish community and how his struggles with his sexuality impacted on his mental health.

#5 Eilish O' Carroll on falling for a woman in her forties and her ten year struggle to accept her sexuality

#5 Eilish O' Carroll on falling for a woman in her forties & her ten year struggle to accept her sexuality

#3 Steven Carter Bailey on growing up gay & Mormon and his struggle with food addiction

#4 Steven Carter Bailey on growing up gay and Mormon and his struggle with food addiction

#2 Jen Brister on how she struggled to come out in the nineties and why LGBTQ+ rights should never be up for debate

#2 Justin Myers on how he had to walk home from school to avoid homophobic beatings on the bus

#2 Justin Myers on how he had to walk home from school to avoid homophobic beatings on the bus

#1 David Norris on being the first openly gay person on Irish TV and the homophobia he experienced from the Irish media during his presidential campaign.