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Who was the first LGBT person you knew in real life?

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    Two of my friends that were talking about it in the fourth grade, who turned out to be lesbians. At the time, and I'm sooo embarrassed to say this but, I was really homophobic and ignorant on the topic, so I was like 'realllly omg you're gayyy? that's so grosss' and I was so immature it was ridiculous. I feel really bad about that now that I'm part of the community myself, even though it was only in elementary school, so I've been trying to get into contact with those two ever since, but I can't seem to do so...
     
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    I have a childhood friend who is gay. Past that, I knew a lesbian couple when I was young and couldn't pronounce "lesbian", let alone comprehend it.
     
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    A cousin of mine, I had only met him a few times before he died thougj
     
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    This girl in my elementary school was lesbian. She rold me so. We were good friends for a bit, but she's really sensitive and such a drama queen, so we don't really talk no more... I see her around once in a blue moon though
     
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    I've met plenty of LGBT people here and there but was never close to them as friends or anything. I think the first closest person is my sister in law, who is gay.
     
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    Back when I was three or four years old I used to play with a boy who has two mothers. I still see them around some times.
     
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    My neighbor.
     
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    In 6th grade. I didn't know he was gay until 11th grade. We were best friends for over 10 years. We grew apart a few years after high school, but it is what it is. Now I have more friends in the LGBT community than I do outside of it, and I'm completely happy with that. I get enough judgment all the time, I don't need it with my friends.
     
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    My friend at uni who I happened to meet through another friend

    ---------- Post added 26th Jan 2016 at 09:52 PM ----------

    Would your sister not be the first LGBT person you knew then?
     
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    There's this couple that I've known my whole.life, they're one of my dad's best friends.
     
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    I think I made the classic mistake of falling in love with the first gay person that I met. He was my age and we met online. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: It's all rather embarrassing, looking back on it. Fortunately he was lovely, but it was stereotypical teenage madness and not something I'd advise at all now!
     
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    A university lecturer who also happened to give a very good lecture on LGBT issues.
     
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    The first lgbt person I met is my friend Hunter. He dated my friend when he wasn't out then became friends with my brother and now I'm friends with him.
     
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    In my freshman year of high school, there was a couple of LGBT people in my music class, and this year a bunch of people I know came out and now I know a ton of LGBT people. :grin:

    Before high school I didn't know anyone who was LGBT.
     
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    Extended family member who I've considered to be my 'uncle' my entire life. We still keep in touch too, love him to bits.
     
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    Some dude called Jonathan back in intermediate
     
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    I am fortunate to work in a place that has three out co-workers. Even though I am not out, they are really helping me accept who I am which is something that I have really struggled with since I do not really have any role models to look up to. I owe them a big thank you. :slight_smile:
     
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    My best friend X at the time, came out to me privately as bi over msn messenger when she was getting into a relationship with this other girl, let's call her Y. This was in like grade 7.
    The relationship was short and X went on to date only guys but Y was and still is a big manly butch dyke haha and she was great. Although apparently she now owns a few dresses :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: Although seeing X get outed as people at school found out about her dating Y, really put me off admitting my own feelings, even to myself it seems!
     
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    I know of someone who I had a couple of classes with back in high school. Her name was Hannah and there were rumors going around that she was a lesbian. Her and I talk to each other sometimes but ever since we had graduated three years ago we lost contact.

    Her girlfriend I know. Her and I went to middle school together in Germany and then she moved over to the states in the city that I lived in. She's a model now. You guys probably have seen her in Kohl's magazines. She has really curly puffy hair lol.

    OH! There was this guy back in high school. His name is Paul. I didn't know it at the time that he was gay. I mean, I guess I should've realized it lol but it was only after high school that I knew because he was in a relationship with a guy. He's pretty chill.
     
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