When I came out I was 12. It wasn’t my choice and my parents didn’t support me. My friends and aunts do, though 🙂 (F/15/Bi)
Story #2375
When I came out, I handed a note to my friend. I only came out as asexual and she still hasn’t said anything. I am nervous. (F/11/AroAce)
Story #2374
When I came out it took several tries. First, it started with me, then my friends, then my family. It took years for me to be able to be where I am and be comfortable with myself. It took many, many long talks, tears, and hard, difficult days and nights for me to be my true self with the people I care for. Now I am living my best life and am happier than I ever was, knowing that I truly love myself for myself. (F/31/Lesbian)
Story #2372
When I came out I was a nervous wreck! I couldn’t sleep as I felt I was ready to tell them. So I got up around 11pm and walked up to them. I came out to my close sister the same day that I came out to my mum and dad. I told dad first. I said due to my past I’m gay. And dad said as long as I was happy, and mum said she already knew!!! So I all told my mum’s mum and I didn’t have a very good reaction out of her. She said I was too young to know, which wasn’t true, but I told her again and she accepted me. (F/15/Lesbian/gay)
Story #2371
When I came out I was on this app where messaging people was available — mind you that the app was 18+ and I was definitely not that age — and on that app I was talking to a girl, yk in a more of a friendship kinda way, knowing she was way older, which is besides the point; I know now it was really dumb now. But my mom found these messages. I panicked and thought, “Well, she’s gonna ask something about me messaging a girl,” so I just went “Well, now is a good time to tell you I’m bisexual.” And well, her reaction was not good, and I had a breakdown, so now I don’t bring it up, but hopefully in the future I’ll be comfortably out to her. (F/Bisexual)
Story #2369
When I came out to everybody I was living with at the time was on National Coming Out Day. We were eating dinner, I just said it was National Coming Out Day and said I was bi. They didn’t really say much, but there were a few friendly jokes thrown around. I think overall they don’t mind, though. At first everybody acted like I just liked boys, but know I think they have come to normalize the fact that I’m bi. Before that day I just made subtle comments that indicated that I might like girls. They also knew that I liked a girl, but didn’t really know I was bi. (F/14/Bisexual)
Story #2366
When I came out to one of my closest friends a few months ago over text, as a queer person herself, she was cool with it. The next day, I came out to my friends in my chorus class, who were also really supportive. My sister knows too and has become really sensitive about sexuality talk, which is really sweet of her. I hope to one day have the courage to tell my parents, but for now, I’m happy the way things are! (F/15)
Story #2361
When I came out I was 13. It was in school and we just had break, so a kid that was with me in class wanted to show me an edit he made, so I watched the edit, and it was simple, it just said:
you are gay
So I said,
“Yeah, I know.”
Then he asked if I’m really a lesbian and it goes on you know. After class I text my friends and tell the story. They are shocked and ask why I said it through text. I didn’t know it was that big of a deal because EVERYBODY around me was trans, bi, gay, demi, you know, so yeah that’s pretty much it 🙂 (F/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 #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)