In celebration of International Lesbian Day on 8 October, Bailey appears on Just Like Us’ new podcast series, Growing up LGBT+, where she shares why loving yourself as an LGBTQ+ person is so important. “Before I accepted who I was and embraced my LGBT+ life and shared it with my family, I limited myself in how much I could give,” she says. “When I wasn’t honest about who I was, I wasn’t able to share or make a difference.
Now I’m really honest about who I am and how I feel, I’m able to share that, and that’s been the biggest difference to me.” Bailey, who is now a life coach and Head of Wellbeing and Education at Birmingham Pride, explains on the podcast that role models and other LGBTQ+ people were not easy to come by when she was growing