When I came out to my mom and dad they blamed my cousin (who is also a lesbian). I wish they’d accept me but they don’t so for now I’m living with my grandparents. (F/13/Gay)
Story #1392
When I came out, I came out to my friends first. I was falling madly in love with my best friend, and she knows it too. We both like each other and are currently trying to work this all out. I’ve told my parents, but they aren’t taking it all too well, but as long as I have her none of this matters. (F/16/Bisexual)
Story #1384
When I came out, it was New Year’s Day. I was sobbing the night before, I was so scared. When I told my mom, she was very calm about it and told me she had suspected it. It went a lot better than I expected, and my parents now completely accept me as a lesbian. They’ll say “your future partner” instead of “your future boyfriend” and that just makes me so happy, and my mental health has gotten so much better since then. I just want to tell any closeted LGBT people reading this that you are brave, and that sometimes the anticipation is the worst part.
Story #1383
When I came out at 14, my mom said it was just a phase. A few months later after suffering a sexual tragedy against myself from a male, my mom asked me if I was straight. She was already disappointed in what had happened this summer and disappointed in my sexuality so I lied and told her I was. To this day, I haven’t tried to come out again. (F/17/Pan/demisexual)
Story #1382
When I came out, my parents had overheard me talking to my grandparents about liking another girl. They told me that they loved me no matter what. I told my friends and most of them weren’t straight either; they loved me just the same. I asked out that same girl. She still hasn’t given me an answer; it has now been almost a year. (F/13/Bisexual)
Story #1380
When I came out, it was because I was talking to a friend that always says, “You look like Emily from PLL, but she’s a lesbian and you’re not,” and that time, she said, “You look like Emily” and didn’t mention the lesbian part, so later, when we were talking about sexuality, I told her, “You know who else likes girls?” And when she asked, I said, “Me.” She told me she already knew it because she saw me liking lesbian posts in ig and then saw my WhatsApp status that said, “Love is not a choice.”
Story #1379
When I came out, I actually didn’t come out just once, but like a hundred times because I told my friends one by one. When told my best friend she said, “How did you know?” and when I explained, she hugged me, said she still loves me and then, in a moment of awkward silence she said, “Actually, I knew it.” And when I asked her why, she told me, “You are tomboy and you always stare a little too long when you see a cute girl.” We laughed about it and then talked about which girls in school were attractive.
Story #1377
When I came out to one of my best friends I couldn’t say the words for about 10 minutes. When I finally got the words out she said that it was perfectly fine and she gave me a hug. She has been extremely supportive ever since 🙂 (F/16/Bisexual)
Story #1373
When I came out, it was yesterday and I came out to a close friend. She wound up telling me that she had also liked girls. Since then we’ve been really supportive of each other and neither of us thought of the other any differently. I am still scared to tell my parents though because they are highly religious and have already expressed their feeling to me about the LGBTQ+ community. (16/Bisexual/Lesbian?)
Story #1371
When I came out to my close friends I was 14. They had a positive answer and told me that they already knew and their mums too. It was quietly weird. (16/Lesbian)