Max Balegde, a gay TikToker and reality show contestant, speaks about his motivations for joining 'I'm A Celeb Australia.' He aims to raise awareness for the LGBTQ+ charity Minus18 and shares his personal coming out story. Following a traumatic experience during the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, where he felt responsible for his sister's safety, Max had a realization that he was hiding his true self. He believes that had he learned earlier that being gay is normal, he might have come out sooner, emphasizing the importance of LGBTQ+ education for youth.
I remember the exact moment that I realised that I was gay. I remember thinking I would just keep it to myself forever and I just thought: 'That's just what I'm going to do.'
I just think that the work that Minus18 do, if I'd just learned in school that you can be gay and live a happy, healthy, normal life, from a young age I think it wouldn't have taken something as dark as that to make me take that step to be myself.
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