When I came out was from the end of my 8th grade year to the beginning of 9th grade. I told some kids at my school who I thought I could trust. I ended up getting bullied, though. Despite all that I still have friends that support me. Coming out to my mom was the hardest part. Especially when my step dad makes rude comments to transgender people in public. She had a hard time accepting me at first but she is slowly adjusting. I am still coming out so some of my family to this day. (M/15/Transgender)
Story #2346
When I came out to my family, it was terrifying since my mother is religious and doesn’t think lgbtq+ is a real thing. I already came out to my dad and mother; my dad was totally cool with it, while my mother not so much. She said I had “sinned” and what I was feeling wasn’t love, but lust, and told me I needed to ask God for forgiveness. It hurts since before she’d always tell me and my sibling that we could tell her anything and shouldn’t be scared to talk to her. I haven’t come out to my brother yet since I don’t know how he’ll react, but all of my online friends know I’m panromantic and accept me for who I am. PS: Don’t let anyone pressure you into coming out; take your time. I unfortunately made that mistake. (F/14-15/Panromantic/demisexual)
Story #2345
When I came out to my friends as bisexual (I’m not anymore), it was in the major wave of Covid-19, so I had to do most of it over email, which made it really hard for me to tell anyone in person. Now I talk to my close friends (one is bisexual, the other is genderfluid/aro-ace) freely about my sexuality and gender and feel much more comfortable in my skin. Recently I have been going through a sort of gender crisis and use they/them pronouns, and my friends have been amazing, but I’m terrified to tell my parents. I think they’re catching on, but I’m not ready to tell them yet, regardless of how much I hate being misgendered by them. (Agender/13/Lesbian)
Story #2344
When I came out to my best friend, she told me congrats and that she accepted me, which felt amazing. I’m not out to my parents and I’m not sure if they know. The other day I was in the car with my mom and she told me that she would accept me no matter what, and she gave me the perfect opportunity to come out and I didn’t take it. I’m not ready. I keep telling myself that I can tell my parents September 7, 2022, because then it will have been exactly one year since I first came out. I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t talk to my parents about things like this and opening up to anybody, really, isn’t something I do. (F/14/Bisexual)
Story #2343
When I came out to my friends as aromantic and asexual, they were extremely nice and supportive (one is bisexual and the other is lesbian/agender). When I came out to my mom, she told my dad (which I was actually kind of grateful for) and they were both pretty nice about it. I told my mom I was girlflux (I’m not anymore) and we talked about it and she didn’t tell my dad. I haven’t officially told my parents that I’m genderfluid and I don’t think that I will. (Genderfluid/Aroace)
Story #2342
When I came out, I was sitting in a park with my cousin and made a joke about not being straight. When my cousin picked up on the joke, she laughed and told me she was not straight either. We talked about it a lot more, and I was really happy since she was the first other queer person I’d ever been able to confide in and discuss my identity with. (F/14/Bisexual)
Story #2341
When I came out I told my aunt first cuz she is also part of the LGBTQA+ and than I told my grandparents and cousin and they was happy for me. When I came out to my parents they told me I have to be straight or I will get kicked out. I told them no cuz they can’t control me for ever. They did kick me out after so I was living with my aunt for the longest time I could remember. 2 years later my parents finally love me for me and let me move back in. They even threw a party to celebrate my move in and my sexuality. (13/Bi, Pan, and Poly)
Story #2340
When I came out I wrote a letter to my mom. She asked me to come speak to her. She said she thinks I’m just doing it for attention and I’m such an attention seeker. Really, I have always hated being a girl and everyone just thought I was a big tomboy. Besides what my mom says, I dress as a very flamboyant boy now as that’s what I prefer. I want to cut my hair to a buzz cut desperately but my mom won’t let me 🙁 Anyways, hopefully when I leave home I can get top surgery and start T (M/15/Pansexual)
Story #2339
When I came out, it was only to my closest friends at first. First of all, I came out as lesbian about a year or two ago now, and they all seemed okay with it, then this year I also came out as Gender-Fluid, which went down alright too, I guess. I was at school playing truth or dare; my best friend chose truth and it was a question on MY biggest secret. She accidentally outed my gender-fluidity. Because my pronouns are Xe/Xem, people never know how to use them, and there are always boys/girls lines at school, so when I constantly change between them people get confused, which means I don’t get to be seen as the way I would like. (Gender-fluid/14/Lesbian)
Story #2338
When I came out, my mother was just like, “ok I will respect you” and told me she is pan. My father said ok and made a few dad jokes. My friends were already out to me and me to them that was just I mentioned a crush used she/her pronouns. This one kid deadnamed me and my sister made fun of it/its pronouns but aside from that it was good. Mother even asked about transition (not yet). (Non-binary/Lesbian/neptunic)