When I came out I was 18, still a high school senior, and was very popular. I knew I was different and it scared me. I told my sisters and mother. In the moment it felt right but I soon found out it was a horrible choice at the moment. They don’t look at me the same anymore and I feel alone. They punished me by not letting me talk to friends and wanting to isolate me. They want me to forget who I am. I can’t live like this anymore. I feel trapped and alone. (M/18/Bi)
Story #1786
When I came out the first time, it was to my best friend. He was cool about it, but it got weird at first. I’m an affectionate guy; I love hugs and being close to people. After I came out I was scared that doing those things to him would make him uncomfortable. When he realized that I was acting differently, he held me and said that me being bi didn’t change the fact he loved my hugs. (M/19/Bisexual)
Story #1785
When I came out over text to my dance team, I was terrified. I got an idea from this website to text the group telling them that I found Narnia and when one of them said where (which they did) I would say, “In the closet surprise I’m bi.” Things went well; I had to do a little explaining but that’s ok. The only negative is that one of the girls hasn’t replied at all, which is unlike her. I don’t know what to think. (F/14/Bi)
Story #1783
When I came out I was hanging out with my cousin. We were talking with my step-sister (she’s bi) on the phone. I had been thinking about coming out to my cousin for a while and when we got off the phone I just looked at her and said, “I’m bi.” She smiled and said, “Cool, me too.” Next is the Christian parents! (F/15/Bisexual)
Story #1781
When I came out it was simply me deciding that I had dropped so many hints and that if it was not obvious enough at this point, I may as well just put it out there. I told all of my closest friends and got a great amount of support. My mom opened my phone to see messages between my friend and me after I came out, and that’s when I had to tell my parents that I was bi. The first response: “So you like girls now?” smh. It’s not like I’ve felt this way for years, nooo! (F/16/Bi)
Story #1779
When I came out it wasn’t planned. My parents always go through my phone and came across a couple google searches that I searched about coming out stories and how to figure out sexuality. For the most part they accept me but my father is angry at me for not telling him. (F/14/Bisexual)
Story #1778
When I came out I was 12. I told my good friend that kinda guessed I was bi, then my other good friends. They all accept me. One of the people I told I am no longer friends with, but she still keeps it a secret. I told a total of five people and I am too scared to tell my family because I know that my uncle and my grandmother do not like gay people. (F/13/Bi)
Story #1774
When I came out, I told my best friends. I went straight to the point and told them I was bi. I already knew two of my best friends were bi, and they were very supportive. I would also drop hints to some of my classmates; I’m pretty sure they know I’m bi but they try to act stupid. Ever since my friends and I came out, it seems like everyone in our school started coming out. Some people would say we’re disgusting, but we ignore them. LGBTQ+ or not we’re still humans, right? (F/12/Bi)
Story #1772
When I came out to one of my friends, I had already known I was bi for a while. I had crushes on multiple girls and I was pretty confident in who I liked. I thought he would be supportive of me, and I had already told a lot of my friends casually that I also liked girls. I really didn’t think much of it since I know so many bi people and am friends with multiple. We were with his friend, and I casually said I liked girls. He told me he didn’t believe me and that I was just doing it for attention from guys since I act “straight”. I wanted to cry, but instead, I yelled at him and asked him why he thought that I needed to prove my sexuality to him. I felt so hurt that he thought I would do that, and even more so that he thought I needed to prove it to him. (F/Bi)
Story #1764
When I came out to a few of my yearbook friends today, I felt so relieved to be honest with them. I’ve been dropping hints for a while now, but they were still clueless. So today in class we were looking at club lists for high school and I came across an LGBT+ club and showed the others. We talked about it a little and then I said, “I should join that club.” They looked at me confused for a millisecond and then I continued to say, “Because I’m bi.” My friends were so supportive and one of them even came out as pan to us. I’m so happy I told these amazing people, since yearbook class really is my safe place. (F/14/Bi)