A groundbreaking campaign is exploding the silence around LGBTIQ family violence SatSaturday 10 AprApril 2021 at 7:00pm "I hope in my and my mum's story people who may be estranged from their family can see there's hope things can change," said Sage Akouri. ( Print text only Cancel Sage Akouri was attending an all-girls school in Melbourne when, at age 14, they first came out as gay to their "strict" Lebanese parents — not that they wanted to. At the time, Sage was in the early stages of privately exploring their sexuality with a close friend when their father installed a recording device on the home phone, so he could listen back to Sage's calls.