When I Came Out

When I came out, I meant to text my one friend who did know about coming out to my parents. It had to do with baking a cake and writing a coming out letter with lots of bad cake puns. I texted, “if I ever come out to my parents THAT is the way I am going.” Then I realized that I texted in a group chat with all of my friends. They were completely supportive.

When I came out to my best friend, I told her that I wanted to break up with my boyfriend because I was in love with someone else: Her. She told me she had been in love with me for months. We’ve now been dating for 3 years and plan on getting married and having a family.

When I came out I decided to have my friend guess who I liked. She tried to guess for 4 hours, going through the entire yearbook multiple times guessing guys. Finally she asked if it was a girl. I said yes and she flipped out, not because I’m bi, but because she spent 4 hours trying to guess.

When I came out, I was sitting in my grandparents’ house in their bedroom talking to my best guy friend on the phone. He said to me, “Can I tell you a secret?” and I said, “Of course” and he said, “I’m gay” and I said, “Me too!” and then we laughed because what are the odds?

When I came out as gay, I told my mum I was in love with a girl. She called me straight away to ask about her. When I told her, “Mum, I’m gay”, she said, “I already knew that”. My family have completely accepted me and they have spoken to my girlfriend many times.

When I came out to my group of best friends as a lesbian, they all responded with “We know!! No straight girl is THAT obsessed with Kristen Stewart!” They’re super supportive and continue to encourage me to come out to my family 🙂

When I came out, it was first to my friends about being pansexual. It was nice that not all of them were serious, ’cause laughing really helps dissolve tension. Then I came out to my mom about being an FTM, but no one who knows me has really been surprised, although I don’t think this has really sunken in for my sister or one of my best friends (a straight male).

When I came out as bigender to my close family and friends they were all cool about it. My girlfriend still thought I looked hot haha. The only person that got kinda angry was my youngest sister, but only because I told her last. (She’s always the last person to find out about anything.)

When I came out as bisexual to my best friend I told her over a text and she said, “I kind of already knew that. At the very least I knew you weren’t straight.”

When I came out, everything went through better than I expected. When I discovered I crave a woman’s touch, I felt terrified and proud at the same moment. But in some way I felt embarrassed. I was only 14. And when I told my somewhat best friend I was bisexual, she just smirked and said, “I know”. And since then I feel free.