How did you come out?

I was walking somewhere with my mum, and I said 'Mum, I have something to tell you', she said 'What?' and I said 'I'm gay'. She responded with 'Thank you for telling me'.

Yeah, that's about it.

I actually came out to my 3 closest friends before my mum though.. in person. To be honest, they were pretty surprised - not in a bad way, but I never gave them any reason to believe I was gay. I felt pretty good when we got to the stage where they could call me 'gay boy' - but only because they knew that I would be okay with it. The thing that scared me most about coming out was people treating me differently.. I didn't want people to walk on egg shells around me. I didn't want my male friends to think that I'd start hitting on them.

 

My younger brother was giving out and pontificating about gay married men (married to women that is):tantrum:. After a while I just said "You don't know what you are talking about. I'm one of them....." A stunned silence followed. :eek:

Things worked out well shortly afterwards.

 

Oops meant to post this in the what are you thinking? Thread. Haha

 

I was outed by my best friend to the whole school.

 

Ouch.

 

I told my teacher to call me Tristan and she later told the class after they corrected her.

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I told my friend Esprit first.

 

I came out to my two best friends via text, they were over the moon (girls). I came out to my cousin via FaceTime, she already knew really but I hadn't officially told her so she didn't care. I came out to my mum the day after New Year, this year, and I just sat down and said 'Mum, I've got something to tell you', almost bottled it, but eventually ended up saying 'I'm gay' whilst uncontrollably shaking, and she told me to 'stop shaking and calm down' and she doesn't care either. She had an idea, she said, but she's not assed. Things were a little awkward for a day or two afterwards as I was getting used to the fact that I'm out to the person I feared coming out to most, but it's fine now. I'm not officially out to anyone else in my family bar my cousin and mum, but I suspect that another cousin knows. I'm planning to tell my sisters when I get to university or when/if I get a boyfriend.

 

For my sexual Orientation my Mother simply asked me if I was into girls.
But, for gender identity I have yet to come out to many.

 

My mom found out by going through my phone.
I told my friends when I told them I liked a guy in our circle of friends.
There was one friend I never told and she was so confused and was like 'Are you gay?' and I was like 'Is water wet?'
Fun times.

 

I started coming out to my close friends about 2 years ago, mainly in person. I also came out to affirming family before both parents. I came out to both parents by reading a letter in July of 2014. I came out on FB Dec. 13th 2014(12/13/14).

 

I came out to my friends pretty early. Only I didn't say it in a great way, it brushed over pretty soon. Most people know now that I'm bi, but I haven't really approached anyone saying that I'm genderqueer. It's something I'm keeping to myself for now, getting more comfortable with

 

1. In seventh grade, I told my best friend that I thought I might be bisexual.
2. In eighth grade, I told my best friend and another friend that I thought I might be gay.
3. Soon after that, I told my sister that I had a crush on a girl at school.
4. I came out to a couple friends during lunch at school. This time, it wasn't "I think"; I knew that I was gay.
5. A few months later, I came out to my parents by writing them a letter.
6. Now I can come out casually in conversation, even to people I don't know very well.

 

Mostly just through Facebook to be honest. I did come out in person to my family though.