A heartbreaking and hilarious true story of Coming out as gay in New Zealand Lil O\'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard her talking to a friend about liking girls.
About author(s): Lil O\'Brien is an ex-advertising creative turned freelance copywriter who lives in Auckland, New Zealand and has been described by numerous friends as "the gayest person I know." She\'s written for a number of publications about queer topics and more, and spent two years telling her coming-out story as a part of Rainbow Youth\'s high-school education program, which inspired her to write her memoir Not That I\'d Kiss a Girl..
It\'s an essential read for anyone who\'s had to fight for who they are and what they believe in.
Lil\'s story is an insightful and honest look at how you figure out whether you\'re gay, bi or whatever - and deal with what comes next.
She falls in lust over a knotted soccer shoelace, explores how the hell to have sex with a girl and dates four women at once - unsuccessfully.
Along the way she\'s called out for looking too straight in a gay bar, tries to break in to the lesbian in-crowd and figures out how to send her internet lover back to America.
Bit by bit, Lil finds the inner strength to pull herself into an entirely new world.
What follows is a heartbreaking yet hugely funny story of a young Kiwi girl - the deputy head girl from a posh private school - Coming to grips with her sexuality in the face of stark disapproval from her parents.
Half an hour later she found herself on the side of the road, with instructions to come back and pick up her suitcase the next day.
A heartbreaking and hilarious true story of Coming out as gay in New Zealand Lil O\'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard her talking to a friend about liking girls
