When I came out the first time was last year in summer. I texted my friends that I’m bisexual because I was too nervous to say it. But they accepted me and said that they will always love me. Then one friend told me that she’s a lesbian and we began to be a couple. After seven months I told my mom and she said something like “just a phase” and “you’re too young to know” and it was not very good for my mental health. In March I came out to friends as a nonbinary lesbian (trixic, but everyone understands lesbian) and they were very supportive and lovely to me. In June, my dad random said that he will not be getting grandchildren and I was like, “Why?” and he was like, “Bro I always knew you only liked girls,” so he accepted and was very nice to me. (Nonbinary/genderfluid/14/Lesbian/trixic)
Story #2268
When I came out to my best friend about how I was lesbian, she supported me the whole way, and in a couple days I’m going to come out to my family. I hope it goes well. 🤞(F/11/Lesbian)
Story #2264
When I came out, Friend 1 blurted out that she was bisexual, which caused a chain reaction where me and Friend 2 said we were bisexual. Me and Friend 1 changed to be pansexual, and Friend 2 said she was lesbian. Friend 3 was genderfluid and pansexual. Friend 3 and Friend 2 started dating, so Friend 2 became pansexual as well. Friend 3 then said they were non-binary. I came out as lesbian. Friend 4 is straight but an ally. Friend 5 is bisexual. None of us are out to anyone else except each other! ❤️️🧡💛💚💙 (F/13/Lesbian)
Story #2255
When I came out it was multiple times. First I told a couple of close friends and people that I trusted, and they were pretty much all very accepting, which is good. Only one of my friends that I’m out to is also LGBT+ so we chat about things related to that lots. My most recent coming out was earlier today: I was thinking about coming out to my form (class) at school and I typed up a message to the group chat, but then I changed my mind and accidentally pressed send rather than delete and I basically freaked out and left. No one has send anything yet so I’ll have to see how that goes. Happy pride month! 🏳️🌈 (F/12/Lesbian)
Story #2249
When I came out my dad and stepmom were super accepting, but my dad didn’t quite understand what being bigender is. But I was scared to tell my mom for months, and then I did and she said she just wants me to be happy and she bought me a pride flag! The majority of my friends are LGBTQ+ so I just casually told them and they were all accepting. I haven’t told my parents I’m asexual yet, because I think they’ll say I’m too young to know or that I haven’t even slept with anyone yet so how would I know. (Bigender [she/they]/11/Lesbian/asexual)
Story #2242
When I came out as bisexual my friends were very accepting and didn’t make a big deal out of it. Then I discovered I was lesbian and came out to my parents on Lesbian Visibility Day with rainbow cake. My mom thought I was joking at first and my dad reminded me that my sexual orientation could change. Overall though, they were generally accepting and told me they’d love me no matter what.
Story #2221
When I came out to my twin sister, she got really excited and shouted, “FINALLY.” She’s been really supportive so far. When I came out to my older brother, he said something like “Yah girls are nice” and “now we can talk about the hot girls together” and then he hugged me. I haven’t come out to my parents yet, but I think they’ll accept me. (F/16/Lesbian)
Story #2220
When I came out to my godmother, it was in October 2019 and we were putting away the groceries she had bought that day. She and I are really close so we started talking about mental health and self care, and then we started talking about dating. She said, “You are not allowed to date until high school. Boy or girl…” When I heard her say “girl” I kind of zoned out for a second, and my heart started racing. So I pushed back all those doubts and said, “Actually… it’s mostly going to be girls…” She stared at me for what felt like a few minutes (while my heart was beating out of my chest), and suddenly started smiling. She said, “I had a feeling you were hiding something from me, but I didn’t know what.” Tears started coming out of my eyes, and I sobbed into her chest with tears of relief. It was the first time I had really said anything to anyone about this, and I thought she would reject because of her Christian beliefs. I guess I was wrong! (F/14/Lesbian)
Story #2218
When I came out, I was in 5th grade and I only told my two best friends that I was bisexual. We then figured out that one of my friends is trans and we helped each other. Fast forward a year and you get a gender fluid, lesbian, asexual. My friends will be understanding when I tell them this. But I don’t want to tell my mom cause her sad/sympathetic face creeps me out. I don’t want her to feel the need to comfort me. (Genderfluid/13/Lesbian/asexual)
Story #2216
When I came out it was hard. I had realized not too long ago. I had gotten my hair cut. But it wasn’t the length I wanted, so I cut it off. My mom took away technology from me for a while. Saying the internet influenced me to do so. I have always been a tomboy, and I hated my body since 5th grade. I just thought it was body dysphoria. I may have not had gender dysphoria my whole life, but the euphoria was always there. I came out to family and some friends. But haven’t been able to transition yet. (F/Lesbian/transgender)