When I came out very publicly as trans, I was flooded with love and respect and within the first month of ‘being out’ half a dozen people had contacted me and come out as trans. Some of them I knew from Brighton, some I didn’t, but they all had the same message for me: “Thank you for talking about this and normalising things and allowing me in turn to come out”. Some of these people are still yet to come out to anyone else and I’m their only confidant.