First Out is a Dublin-based group for women of all ages, who are questioning their sexuality or considering “coming out”. We meet the first Thursday of every month, from 7.30-9.30 pm, all year round, in 'outhouse', 105 Capel Street, Dublin 1 (see FAQ “Where do First Out meetings take place?”). The only exception is if the first Thursday of a month is a bank holiday, in which case the meeting takes place the following Monday. Such changes will be advertised on various websites.
“Coming out”
Coming out is not just about telling the world that we are gay. Long before this, we go through a stage, where we start to acknowledge to ourselves that we are gay. We may never have met a gay person before. Or we may know lots of gay people, and have no problem accepting their sexuality, but yet find it very hard to accept it in ourselves.
Many of us might have been brought up to believe that homosexuality is wrong and immoral, and have tried for years to control how we feel and who we get attracted to. The first step in “Coming out” is therefore more than anything else about accepting these feelings in ourselves, and accepting that we cannot make them go away, because the feelings are a natural and authentic part of who we are.
First Out provides a safe space to talk about your sexuality together with other women, supporting you in coming out to yourself and in time, if that is what you want, to the people around you.
