When you come out as gay, how long do you have to wait until you can expect other people to be okay with it?

Matt Hey is @alrighthey, TikTok superstar, drag queen and Australia's biggest glamazon. Matt has known he was gay since he was three years old but he didn’t come out until high school when he started to feel confident in his sexuality. Through coming out, Matt has learned to practice patience and compassion with people who take time to understand and accept his sexuality.

In this episode, Matt shares with Sean about trying on different sexualities before landing on gay, unintentionally coming out to his Dad after a homophobic attack in high school landed him in hospital, finding a community through drag and why he has no preferred pronouns.

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