Story #1817

When I came out to my best girl friend, I stuttered and it took me five minutes to tell. But boy, I was so happy. I come from a very religious region of the Netherlands, and everybody who I told was happy to hear it and they all said, ”Alright, we still love you, but we knew it for a long time.” The fifth person I came out to was my preacher, and his words were beautiful: ”It isn’t God who hates gay people, He loves them, it’s the people who don’t understand Him.” That’s why I am still a Christian gay and even my very religious parents accepted me. A month ago I came out to my best friends in three seconds. It was very simple now. (M/17/Gay)