The LGBT+ Pride Project, No. 21
A short interview with Maya and Rosanna Howes! (Interviewed by Luisa De la Concha)
Luisa: So, tell me about your relationship to the project. Ros: I came out when I was 14 (Maya was 16), and I think I told you [Maya] kinda fast, and I as remember it you reacted pretty well, but a bit closed to the topic at the beginning.
Luisa (to Maya): How did you take it, and how did you handle accepting it? Maya: Well, at the beginning... Actually I was the first to tell our dathee, well, I was confused: I thought I was bisexual, when in truth I wasn't. So, I told my father, it was a bit hard for me to do it, and then came Ros and says it... Ros: I actually said it in the same car ride as Maya [laughs]. Maya: I don't know if I thought "oh it's so easy for her", maybe it was more that, but I also thought "is she really bisexual?", I didn't believe her that much [both laugh] because I turned out not to be. But then...
Ros: You realised that for me it was for real? Maya: Yeah, so... well one of the reasons I came here is to show my support for my sister. Ros: Awww.
Luisa: Ros, what did it mean to you to have your family's support? Ros: Well, without them, I wouldn't have been able to... keep going. For example, at school, when I came out, it wasn't... it wasn't the best of times: they were calling me a lot of things, and not even my friends were supporting me at that time, so having my father and my sister, specially them, there for me, helped me a lot to... keep strong, because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to... well to keep going.
