Vote ‘yes’ so that all children who are born after May 22 will be equal

I would like to speak to those people who are not sure whether they will vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in the upcoming marriage referendum.

I came out 11 years ago to my family. I was 17. I was so worried when I came home. I was soaking from walking in the rain. I went in and dried myself and came downstairs. I sat my mother down and, in a daze, blurted out “I’m gay”.

My mum was shocked, to say the least, but, over the next couple of years, she learned to accept this fact and only ever worried for me in a country that had only decriminalised homosexuality 11 years earlier. I always think back to that day and why my mother was so fearful. Over the years, I have realised why.