Hollie is 25 and is in a relationship with her partner of 1 and a half years and lives in Woolwich in South East London. They have 3 children, 2 of which are from her partner’s previous relationship and the third being a baby which her partner gave birth to.

I wasn’t really sure how people were going to take it. I actually came out as gay in my first year of sixth form, actually in my R.E. class and nobody was surprised. I didn’t realise how gay I came across and I wished they told me as they would have saved
Discrimination has come from outside of work, in the street, religious organisations. I used to drink in a pub in Woolwich, where there was a Jehova’s Witness group outside. They would stand outside the pub shouting how sinful and evil we were. One guy ev
The lesbian community is so small. I can probably link up the people that I have been with with other people that I know. ..If you want to meet someone that hasn’t been with all your mates, you haven’t got a choice, unless you leave town, which is why my
I wouldn’t consider an open relationship, I need too much attention. It has a lot to do with my parents, they have been married for 36 years, I take my relationship values from them, working on things when it gets difficult and not giving up.
My first proper girlfriend was not good. It was very violent and abusive and that has had an impact on my relationships since...She lived with me and my parents. They hated her, everyone hated her. She was demanding, rude, selfish…a bit of a loser. She ne
I am monogamous. I don’t find it difficult being monogamous. Although I’m not great at choosing women, I choose them because there are things I like about them. If I like them enough to get in to a relationship with them...I think that marriage is an expr
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