Story #1623

When I came out, I told a friend who is also bi. I haven’t told my parents but plan to. I told my other friends as well who are quite religious but they took it surprisingly well and nothing has changed. The best part was that my friend told me she has a crush on me and now we are dating. (F/19/Bi)

Story #1622

When I came out in April 2018, my best friend had been suspecting for months, and even asked me if I was gay twice before. One day, we were having lunch at the cafeteria and she told me that she already knew and there was no point on hiding it anymore. So I admitted to her. Since then, I’ve come out to all my close friends, and they’ve been very supportive. I don’t know when I’ll come out to my family, but I feel very proud of all the progress I made this year. (M/16/Gay)

Story #1621

When I came out to my best friend was disastrous. A year ago, I developed feelings for him and found out I like males too, and so I came out to him and told him I have feelings for him. He told me he wasn’t gay/bi and shut me down. We never talked the same anymore. It wasn’t until this month when I reconnected with him at Starbucks with his first boyfriend. (M/19/Bisexual)

Story #1620

When I came out to my friends (lesbian, bi, and straight) and brother, they were really supportive and took it well. I told my mom in person and she has a great misunderstanding of what being gay is. She told me to “fix it” and that she’ll pray for me but she said she wasn’t mad or anything. We still talk like normal but we never discuss what happened at all. When I came out to everyone else, I happened to be a senior speaker in our high school and I basically came out in front of the school. They have been very supportive. (M/18/Gay)

Story #1619

When I came out to my mom, I was in tears, and she knew that I had something important to tell her, but I couldn’t say it. I finally blurted out: “I love [name of female friend]”, and she looked relieved. She told me she expected something like “I’m pregnant” or “I do drugs” or “I killed a person” because I was so nervous about it. I told my sister later, and she was ok with it too, but I’m not completely out yet. (F/16/Lesbian)

Story #1618

When I came out my parents didn’t believe me and two years later they still don’t. They believe it’s a phase. I have come out to a few of my friends and they have been supportive, if a bit surprised. I plan to be out publicly pretty soon. (M/15/Gay) 😉

Story #1617

When I came out, I was 15 and it was to my girlfriends. They took it really well and that gave me the eventual courage to come out to my mom at 16. She said I was confused because of the company I kept, but she accepted it. I still feel a sense of dysphoria, but I’ll survive because I’m proud to be a demi+pan!

~A Pan-tastic Girl

Story #1616

When I came out to my parents they said I was too young. I’m 13, which is puberty age, so I think I’m old enough. Oh well, might as well wait until I’m 18, tell them again, and if they don’t like I can move out cuz I’ll be an adult 😛 (13/Lesbian)

Story #1615

When I came out, I had been chatting with one of my friends on Skype, and somehow the conversation had shifted into her ranting about how she hates “people like that.” I was trying to convince her to show some empathy, but when that failed, I just told her I was bi. She hung up and went offline. :/ I told my family and my other friends so that they wouldn’t hear about it through her. My friendship with her pretty much ended that day, but a few years later we spoke again, and she apologized for how she had treated me and told me she had since distanced herself from her parents’ beliefs. (M/19/Bi)

Story #1614

When I came out, I told all of my friends that I was bi, and I think I fooled everyone, included me. After a few months I moved to a new city, met new people, and realized that I was actually gay. Then I truly came out to some of my friends (didn’t have the time to do it with all of them).