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As his 30th birthday loomed in Greece, Steve MinOn sent a letter to his parents in Australia. Then he waited.
While day-drinking ouzo in a spiderwebbed taverna on the Greek island of Paros, I decided to write a coming-out letter to my parents. I sealed it in a surface mail envelope, moistened a ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ (Hellenic Republic) stamp with my aniseed tongue and posted it.
It was the 1990s and I had only just relocated from Australia to London with Nick, my boyfriend at the time, and Julie, a good mate. We had gone across to Greece for a holiday, island-hopping, catching ferries on a whim, knowing nothing about the places we were visiting except that backpacking there was cheap.
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© Photograph: Steve MinOn
© Photograph: Steve MinOn
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Virgin Atlantic was the most improved airline for punctuality last year
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