Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle star in Gentleman Jack
(Picture: BBC)I came out to my mum while watching television. Being a snotty mess with tears streaming down my face in front of an episode of Modern Family was never my original intention. It turns out these things rarely go to plan. But with hindsight my coming out couldn’t have happened in a more appropriate setting.
My stomach dropped when I first saw two women kiss on screen. It was Sonia and Naomi on EastEnders and it terrified me. It terrified me because I had been taught by society that was not normal or acceptable. It also terrified me because I knew deep down that I also liked girls. Cue the internalised homophobia that buried those feelings and made me deeply ashamed for having ever thought them.
