When I came out was so weird. Being trans can be so painful but so joyful as it is, but whenever I was asked about my future as a child, I just couldn’t envision my future as a woman. But since I came to terms with my gender and came out, I’ve felt so much inner peace and I can finally picture myself as an adult, a guy, not a girl. My family are kind of touchy on the subject and their reaction when I came out was mixed. Thankfully they use my name and it seems like(?) they’re trying with my pronouns. Whatever happens, I don’t care what they think. Coming to terms and realising my true identity has been the best thing ever; I finally feel at peace with myself knowing who I really am. I can’t wait for the day I can find a lover and start a happy, loving and accepting family and break that generational trauma that looms over my head. (Trans man / 15 / Unlabeled)
Story #2642
When I came out, it was really tough and heartbreaking. My mom was silent during the time while my dad called me an imaginative freak because he believes that asexuality is imaginary and not real. I was sad and depressed after that and the second I moved out at 18, which was in May, I felt free. I attended my first Pride Parade three months ago. (M/18/Asexual)
Story #2641
When I came out, I was in the car with my parents. My dad was chilling and listening to his audiobook while my mom was driving the car and thinking out loud. I had known I was bisexual for a long time and hiding my true self ate at me so bad that it hurt. I told my mom and dad so fast that they turned around asked me to repeat on what I said. I cleared my throat and told my parents once again. They smiled and said that me being different was nice and that they love me no matter what. My mom teased me if I had a boyfriend and I told her about my boyfriend of 3 months. She was surprised but happy for me. (M/15/Bisexual)
Story #2638
When I came out at first I thought I was non-binary, but a few weeks ago I realized I am trans. My parents are weird about it, but my boyfriend is the most supportive partner. He asked what pronouns and name I needed and was just amazing. It’s hard learning how to navigate the world with this thing but I feel so good knowing just a little more about myself. (M/14)
Story #2637
When I came out, ‘transgender’ was a word I’d never heard of, but ‘lesbian’ was, so that’s what I went with. My sexuality went around a few roundabouts, but I eventually came out as non-binary and transmasc/trans male and found my sexuality along the way. I told my parents I was trans by leaving an unsent message in my mum’s text messages. I told my brother by saying, ‘I’m your brother’ and he said, ‘I know’. My identity might not make sense to everyone, but it works for me :)) (Non-binary/transmasc/male/18/Bi/asexual/aromantic)
Story #2636
When I came out, I was 14. I felt very uncomfortable in my own skin and I would sort of shame myself, and an example, I would pull my hair and cut it. And when I came into my parent’s bedroom, they looked at me and just sighed, I don’t know in relief or in shame, but they looked at me and nodded slightly. I took it as acceptance and now I’m living as my true self. (Transgender man [FtM]/19/Demiromantic)
Story #2628
When I came out, it was 6th grade and I was always called gay and zesty for the way I acted and sounded and for the things I did because it was middle school after all. I wanted to fit in and be straight but I knew I had lots of attraction to guys and no matter how much I tried, I couldn’t be truly straight. Me and my best friend talked about our opinions on relationships with girls, understanding gay, and even acted and joked about being gay for fun. We stopped this for a couple months because we didn’t actually want to be gay but to my surprise, one day in March, after he was acting weird for the whole day, told me he was bisexual. Hearing him come out to me gave me the courage to realize I was bi too and we are both coming out to the rest of the world now. 💖💜💙 (M/12/Gay/bisexual)
Story #2625
When I came out I was in the sixth grade. I told my mom and she was incredibly supportive. I eventually told my friends and they were also very supportive. I haven’t told my dad yet because he is one of those very homophobic macho-type men. I’ll eventually do it though. (M/14/Gay)
Story #2615
When I came out, it was… awkward. My parents had looked through my phone and saw that I was dating a girl (I’m AFAB) and my mom was very unsupportive and treated me like a little wh0r3. (I was twelve.) My father was somewhat better about it, and I am now FTM and use he/him. I am also abrosexual, lithrosexual, and demiro. (FtM/13/Abrosexual)
Story #2612
When I came out my goal was to make it so obvious that no one would question it, and I wouldn’t have to tell them. Getting a haircut and dressing in basketball shorts was easy, as I was always butch but always hated myself. Now I pass so well that a stranger would assume I am just another cis boi from school. but I am still not out yet and it breaks my heart every time I have to introduce myself in my old name. I’m afraid tho… my parents know and they are supportive but the rest of my family, my friends, my school and my community idk. I’m terrified. And even if my parents know, legal names and documents don’t change overnight. I can’t keep living a split life with a name that ties me to something I have never been and never will be. (FtM/16/Trans man)