When did you know and how did you come out?

I am basicly coming out now , my junior year in high school, I wanted to hear any stories about anyone else and how they came out. What happened with people. ETc. I'm not sure how the reaction at school will be but im at the point where i dont care that much because ive realized people will always be ignorant and i cant stop living.

 

i'm out to pretty much everyone except my father.

one of my friends told her boyfriend, who told some, who told some, etc.

it was kind of a good thing though.

 

How were people after they first found out? did they treat you significantly different?

 

When I told my best friend, her fisrt words were "So? Did you think it would make a differnce?" And I've since slept over at her house, so in this case no, but I haven't told most people yet

 

sounds like a really great friend
S

 

That's awesome. That's how it was with my friends. They stuck up for me (it was obvious I was bisexual freshman year - I was dating a girl) and accepted us both, considering we were friends way before we we together.

Of course it caused problems, seeing as it was my first year of high school. All in all, when I look back, I was glad I did it and me and my ex because known as one of the cutest couples at my high school.

 

Tad bit difficult for me....but I am most likely coming out his year at school. I already told a few friends(Im a senior)

 

Last spring, when I knew I was "at least bi," I told a couple of my closest friends who I knew wouldn't talk about it. This spring, I told the same friends that I'm gay. I also told my parents around that time.

Then just a couple days ago, I did a livejournal post with one of those dumb, long ass surveys, and I answered each question very honestly, if you know what I mean. And apparently more people read my journal than I knew about, and word travels fast. I kind of felt lame doing it through the internet, but at the same time, I'm just relieved that people know. My whole is that I want people to know, but I don't want to actually have to tell anyone, because it's the most awkward thing to talk about sometimes, unless it's one of my easy-to-talk-to friends.

 

I am in the process of coming out. I came out to a friend last summer who told another as she thought I had told her. I then came out to my gf and recently I've come out to about 5 or 6 more people.

Best time I came out was when I was with three other friends - another one of my friends had just some out in a blog post on MySpace and they were saying. "Hey Chris, Jenny is bi!" so I just kinda said "Funny that, I'm kinda like that too!"

I then discovered that one of my other friends at my house at that time was also gay... brilliant night! Tomorrow I'm hoping to come out to a few more people - and then possibly everyone in the world. That will be good - but I'm afraid about the people I fancy, they don't know I do but what if they stop hugging me! I need those hugs to keep my sexual-orientated mind happy! RARG!

 

treated me the same exact way. no one could care less.

i tend to hang out with a liberal crowd though..

 

Yeah i told my friends a few years ago and they were perfect with it and told my family a few months ago which again they were very good with it all. I understand about the whole not actually wanting to tell people in person, its an almost impossible thing to do to actually say it and see how they react. But after its all done its the most amazing feeling of relief.

 

An update on my coming out status...

My brother just walked into my room, and said something like this: "You know, I read your livejournal from time to time, and yeah... *hug* you're my brother and I love you no matter what."

I don't think anyone could have said something more meaningful to me. I'm like borderline crying right now.

 

that's terrific. i should tell my dad tonight...

don't think it's gonna happen though.

 

AMP that is terrific what your brother said and that he will stand by you no matter what.

peace out,
bob

 

Yeah I was pretty happy for you when you told me! I wish someone would do that to me, but that sadly isn't going to happen.

 

When did you realize that you were gay/bi/lesbian? What was the turning point that you were completely sure that you weren't straight?

 

like age 15 ...i realized i was only thinking about men constantly whenever i pictured myself with someone since I was 12 and reached puberty but i couldnt come to terms with it and continued to pursue woman as was the societal norm. At the same time whenever i got close to a woman i backed off and I always made up excuses why not that I was gay.

 

When I was 13 and realised I wasnt in the least bit interested in guys like the rest of my female friends were

 

When I first started jacking off (7th grade), I realized I was more interested in the guys. Plus, up to that point, I always felt "different".

 

About... 2 or 3 years ago, I realized that I wasn't straight, though I didn't admit it to myself for a while. And in April of this year, I realized that I was gay. I probably realized it earlier than that actually, but that was when I admitted it to myself, and actually said it out loud.