When I Came Out

When I came out… I set out all of the pots and pans my family owned on the counter. I placed a sign saying, “Surprise! I’m straight…. STRAIGHT UP PANSEXUAL!” When they came home, they first were shocked, but accepting.

When I came out to one of my best friends, she asked me who the lucky girl was. I was so nervous to tell her, but it didn’t even phase her train of thought. Relief poured over me and I filled her in about the girl I was talking to.

When I came out… I got a wedding invite in the mail. My mom asked me if i was taking my best friend. I pondered on it for a few hours, then I came back to the invite… I got the courage and bluntly said, “There’s something I need to tell you. I’m gay. I want to take a guy.” She hugged me right away, told me she loves me no matter what and she knew.

When I came out (2 or 3 months ago), I told one of my closest friends. She took it amazing, she even started jumping for joy! I’ve lost 1 friend, no surprise, he was religious (because of course) and one makes jokes about my crush, who I told I was gay last day of school. He took it well (I think) but he doesn’t know I like him. A lot of people know except for my family.

When I came out, it was to one of my closest friends. I was choking on my words before I finally told her and her reaction was “Oh… I didn’t know…” and then we just laughed and played video games all night.

When I came out, it was to my old punk band a year after high school. We had been getting very heavily into psychedelics and I decided that enough was enough and I knew I had to move on. I needed to become a positive person on my own and coming out would be a major step. They all said they sort of guessed. When I asked them how, they simply said, “Every time we make a gay joke, you get all red and quiet”. Even today, when my guitarist gets a little drunk, he’s always trying to get me to kiss him haha.

When I came out I told my best friend I had something important to say! He then told me something about himself to make me more comfortable as I was a ball of nerves. Then I told him that I’m bi! He says he loves me and it makes me proud to have a friend like him.

When I came out, I was 13. Everyone was very accepting. I wrote my mom a letter and she called me saying she doesn’t care as long as I’m happy. That’s what my whole family said. All of my friends accepted me too. Coming out was the best decision I ever made.

When I came out to my friend, she said that she liked girls too. I told her that I liked her and she said she liked me too. We’ve been dating for 3 months now.

When I came out, the police were coming to confiscate my computer because a girl close to my family claimed I had been secretly filming her for my own pleasure. One check through my history cleared everything up pretty quick.