Hi guys, welcome to Adelting. This is the podcast where I try to figure out all the things

that we're supposed to know and how all the different socio-political and cultural factors

affect the way that we grow up as humans in today's society. And I have two guests

with me this week. I have Doris and Valerie and they are both women who have come over to

the UK to seek asylum because they are part of the LGBTQ community and where their home

is, they felt like they couldn't be there because of the way that their society deemed their

sexuality. And they've come over the UK in order to find a safe place, but unfortunately,

it seems that we still don't really humanise people as much we might like to and I just

want to talk to them about their stories, how they're getting on and just really what

it means to grow up when you're not only feeling different because of your sexuality, but

then you're also displaced from your family and your home. So I think, first of all, I'm

just going to have a chat with Doris. Hello! I'm Doris from Cameroon's house. I'm just

the only Anoni. I'm Noni and Philly and my friend Valerie. So we had to talk about our

sexuality and how we've come to realise and how we've come to interact and have the sense

of belonging with other LGBT people in the United Kingdom. We didn't have that privilege

back home, but now it's freedom to ours because we belong in a community where LGBT is

more acceptable, so I feel more comfortable in my sexuality right now.

So what happened? Can we talk about when you're at home, when you came out or when you

understood your sexuality, what kind of happened? Literally, it was kind of difficult because

he also had a secondary school. I didn't know exactly what was happening to me at that age

because in our back home, I grew up with religious background, my parents had questions,

so it was kind of really difficult for me having to live with your parents who were both

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