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Home > Knowledge & support > Resource hub > Justin on embracing his differences as a gay man with type 1 diabetes
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May of 2021. I was misdiagnosed with type 2 diabetes earlier that year. Luckily, after documenting my experience on Tik Tok, the diabetes community came to the rescue with comments and helped me get the correct diagnosis.
I think getting diagnosed with diabetes later in life has its advantages; I’m old enough to research and seek out the best ways to treat my diabetes. That said, I still experience constant obstacles which help me grow more and more as I live with this disease.
I’ve learned to use my diabetes as a strength instead of allowing it to be a weakness and this thinking comes from my struggles growing up gay. Of course, being gay is not a weakness, but it was ‘difference’. Once I learned to embrace my differences, and see them as uniqueness and strength, that’s when I fully allowed myself to live my authentic life.
To learn more about tech in a fun and entertaining way, check out Justin’s videos on Tik Tok @diabetech and over on his YouTube channel Justin_tech.
How setting up Maidstone’s first Pride helped teen Kitty overcome her fear of CGM.
Our Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) makes sure that the research we fund and the policy work we do in the UK is the most promising and relevant for people living with type 1 diabetes. In this blog, members of the SAC share their experience of being in this important role.
Seth Moores was diagnosed as being in the early stages of type 1 diabetes through the JDRF-funded ELSA study. In this blog, his mum, Clare, tells us how getting diagnosed early has prepared them for what lies ahead.
Nadeem Masood talks to us how he manages type 1 diabetes at work, whether he’s in the office or out and about at events.
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