YOUR FRIEND COMES OUT TO YOU...NOW WHAT?

Experts help you understand how you can be the kind of friend your queer friend hopes you'll be.

- By Parul Karn

When Clare Devlin from period teen sitcom Derry Girls (2018-2022) discloses to one of her closest friends Erin Quinn that she fancies girls, she ends up feeling disappointed by Erin's reaction. The said insipid reaction triggered Claire's exasperated response, which went viral on social media: "Look at the state of you," she said. And we all felt that.

Be it any predicament in life, we hope that, if we run to our friends, they will listen and definitely not judge. And a friend trusting you with them coming out speaks volumes about you.