When I Came Out

When I came out it was to two of my best friends. It took me two hours (after the first two weeks of attempting to) to finally tell them I’m bisexual and after I said it they both hugged me and told me they had known for months… Goes to show how well I was hiding it hahaha

When I came out to my best friend, he asked me which girls I found attractive in the particular bar we were in. I said, “I prefer blokes” to which he replied, “That’s awesome!” and then bought me two Jäger bombs. To this day he is still my best friend. I live with him, work with him, and wingman him in the same bar we originally went to.

When I came out, I was hanging out with one of my best guy friends. He is gay, and I was the first person he came out to. I had known that I was a lesbian for about a year now, and I knew that I needed to tell him ASAP, but I just couldn’t do it. When I told him he said, “Tell me something I don’t already know.” He later helped me and my girlfriend get together. I could not be any happier.

When I came out I told my best friend over text and basically sent this massive paragraph (wasn’t really necessary) and she just replied saying how proud she is of me and that nothing will ever change. I’m 13.

When I came out to the couple who have been like parents to me, my hands were shaking and my pulse rate was through the roof. But he asked if I was happy, and she laughed, and the conversation moved on.

When I came out, the hardest part was talking to my mom about it. I told her that the “Spanish Club” I had been going to was actually a GSA Weekly Meeting. I told her I was bisexual and she told me she loves and supports me no matter what. Nothing has been different nor awkward, definitely a great feeling.

When I came out as asexual to my parents, my mother didn’t believe me and thought it was just a phase. She still does. That was two years ago. Today I finally came out to my good friends. I sent them the Glee version of Defying Gravity along with my message. They immediately came over to my room with hugs and cake.

When I came out, I was in art class sitting next to my best friend. I told her, “What if your best friend came out to you?” and she replied, “Are you?” and I told her I’m not sure. She had been telling me about this move called G.B.F., short for gay best friend. To tell her that I’m sure that I’m lesbian, I texted her, can I be your gbf? This was only a few days ago but I feel so much better that I told her.

When I first came out, it was to a guy crushing on me. (Awkward) He was really supportive though, even though I said I didn’t like him. (Awkward again) The second person I came out to was my Internet friend, whom I had only met three months prior. Since we had gotten quite close and she was a pansexual, which is similar to a panromantic asexual (my orientation) and also in another country, I decided to tell her. Step one: accept myself; done. Step two: come out to Internet friends; done. Step three: family, friends…

When I came out to parents, it was at a family shrink session and they made me. I’d been seeing this girl and presenting her as just a friend but they said they thought it was more. The forced me to answer and when I finally said yes with tears in my eyes, my mom said that it was just one girl and it’d pass. We haven’t talked about it since, but she always assumes I have sex with every single one of my female friends now.