When I came out as lesbian I was having a hard time accepting myself. I told a good friend in an email that I figured out I was homosexual and she was really supportive. There have been highs and lows ever since, some friendships strengthened, others fell into pieces. “If your friends don’t accept you, they are not your friends.” – I have read this a dozen times before it actually happened to me, and I was terrified of losing friends, but now it is ok. They really weren’t my friends.