What were you doing when you accepted being lgbtq+?

I was 20 when I at least knew I liked women. I was sat in a restaurant with everyone but my mum and asked what my family would think if I was gay. Surprisingly, none of them had any inkling that I was pretty much coming out at that time!

 

When I accepted that I was not straight, I was sitting in the middle of my homophobic youth group. After that day, I ended up making an account here. I was on here handling some staff reports when I realized I was trans.

 

I was reading a /lot/ about how to know if you are gay lol. In the days afterwords I remember feeling so much happier and at peace

 

Your quote... I mean doesn't everybody want a Moonbyul???

 

(>O,0)> MASTERABTING !

 

Gender: I realized that I was trans when I had been educating myself on the different expressions and terms related to the LGBTQ+ community. I had felt more and more like a girl over time since high school. It wasn't until I started actively learning about the subject matter that I realized what it all meant for me.

Sexuality: I discovered that I was bisexual in the aftermath of accepting being trans. It just felt natural from that moment on.

 

I accepted it when I was thinking about how I'm the only one of my friends not dating and how bored I always felt with boys and then I decided to finally acknowledge every thought of girls I pushed down

 

Talking to my guy friends gave me butterflies, like you normally get from a girl. I knew something was up then...

 

I thought I only liked women but I took an online quiz (the Kinsey one) and it said I was bisexual, and then I remembered the times I did find a man attractive (but ignored it at the time due to embarrassment.)

 

I accepted being Demi/ace when I was talking about my love life (and lack thereof) to my adoptive totally gay sister.

 

I accepted the fact I definitely liked other guys kind of slowly, I don't think it really happened at one time. But I realized that staring at guys and identifying with gay people was a decent sign that I might not be straight, so I started to think about it. Then I realized I had a crush on a guy... having consistent sexual and romantic dreams about him was a pretty good indicator I was not straight. Fully accepting myself probably hasn't really happened yet even.

 

Sexuality: I was standing outside on a motel balcony after a move from Pennsylvania to Georgia. I pretty much realised that I was denying my sexuality because of my upbringing, but didn't want to fully acknowledge it until that point.

Orientation: At only five years old, I already had feelings of wondering what it would be like to be the opposite sex. I pushed those down for years until I came out as bi, then I started to acknowledge that there was something deeper that I was ignoring. The dissatisfaction with my own masculine appearance and extreme dislike of being forced into "manly" gender roles told me everything I needed to know.

 

It was a number of things. Reflecting on my childhood, looking back at my previous relationships with men and realizing how happy I was, understanding why I never physically found a man attractive and a few other things.

 

I was eating pizza while watching an old youtube video of WongfuProductions, I think.

 

Jeez, I hope this doesn't sound stupid but... sophomore year girl's gym class.

 

I had an inkling for a while but didn't quite know what to call it until I felt the urge to learn more about the lgbtq+ community and related terminology.

One night I started reading about ftm trans* experiences, I couldn't help but to compare myself... Fully realizing and "unlocking" those suppressed feelings and memories lifted a ton of weight off my shoulders.

 

Myself or others? Others being LGBTQ+, I never saw the problem there. When my parents first told me what being gay meant, I was really confused why someone would be offended by being called gay. Like why was someone acting as if there's something wrong with being gay. This was before I considered myself anything beyond straight or even thought about boys in other ways other than being friends.

My friends are convinced that i'm actually just simply gay and won't admit it. I'll be the first to admit that i'm not the "average" bisexual. Could it be that I still haven't accepted that i'm actually gay? Maybe. But I like to think that it's because i'm actually bi.

 

I remember wishing I was a dude so that I could date girls, then I realized that I can be a girl and date girls, like it took me a while to realize that lesbians were a thing and that I was one and that I didn't have to be another gender to be attracted to girls. Lol