In an interview with the BBC, openly gay referee Nigel Owens speaks details the fear he felt before taking the decision and how being gay drove him to attempt suicide as a young man.
"I was a person that I did not want to be - that's what got me down. I wanted a normal way of life, to get married and have children and stuff like that. Looking back now I could have [told parents and friends] - when I did they were all great about it - but it was in an era when it was a difficult thing to be.
"It got me down so much that I just could not cope anymore. I thought there was only one way out of this and that's foolishly what I tried to do. I got up early in the morning - left the house - left a note for my parents - and I walked and walked for ages. I landed up trying to take an overdose."
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