Coming out stories and Gay/Lesbian Discussion LGBT

Even though I don't have a coming out story because I'm not gay, I do like to read stories like these because it's really touching.

And that's quite suprising because I have a heart of coal. But like, you see all the shitt gay people get JUST for being gay, and I see it a lot more here in TN than I did in Florida or Jersey.

I say we start a revolution and all the gay people in the US move to Sweden and get married. :D This is my contributation.

Kara wrote:I say we start a revolution and all the gay people in the US move to Sweden and get married. :D This is my contributation.

(( ^o^ Build an ark for all the rainbows and ship them to Sweden. You'll become a national, no, a worldwide hero! :D

Bottom line, a perfect world would accept anything. Until then, fight for what you want. Love is a battlefield. ))

Hahaha, it's a great idea, right? That way, half our population will be gone and everyone will be like "nooo! Come back gays! We need yooouuu!". See?

I doesn't matter. You' re going to Sweden because that's where Kagura and I are building your house.

I will carry all of the materials, and handle all the heavy duty stuff!

Poor Sweden. It'll break away and sink at this rate...

(( Breaking character for a moment here.

A lot of my friends know because they've seen me with a girlfriend, or they've asked. Like Midori, I don't make a big announcement about it. In high school, I hid it, but in college, I just give it to them straight.

The first person I told was my first boyfriend, because I felt that I owe it to him. After all, I broke our almost one year relationship because I started liking a girl way too much to continue being with him. And he told me something along the lines of, "Be straight, it's easier than being gay." ...as if i could just change that. Though, I did get another bf after him the year after... bleh.

I told my sister summer after freshman year in college. She didn't really care all that much. Just kind of shrugged it off, saying "I'm ok with it. Just don't talk to me about it." Now though, she's really understanding and sometimes she even seeks out a conversation about my sexuality. Funny how that worked out.

Oh, and because my first boyfriend is my sister's current boyfriend (of three years), when I told her what her boyfriend said to me when I first came out to him, she was like, "I'm going to hurt him for you!" ^-^; ...i thought it was sweet.

And that's about it... no one else in my family knows. Wow... this was longer than expected. ))

Oh, yeah, I am always too lazy for this thread ;P Some time I will say something to your posts, but today I will just tell you my boring coming out story.

It all began for... let's see... 4 or 5 years, I don't remember it exactly, haha... with The L-Word. Yes, with TLW XD They broadcasted the first season at that time on TV (I think they only broadcasted the first season though o.o)... bla bla bla... Thx to this series I know that I love women, yay! It opened my eyes XD Well, when I think about it I think I did had crushes on girls before that time, too *shrugs*

Anyway, then my first love came............ and she told me that I should tell my family (I wasn't in love with her at that time yet, haha). The first person who I told that I am a lesbian was my sister :3 I was too scared or whatever to tell it my mother (which is pretty stupid, I will tell you why later XD). I don't remember what she told me, but she didn't had anything against it *shrugs* She told it my mother for me too XD And my brother... What's about my father?? After a year or more after that when I was in a pretty strange good mood and after he and me watched some movie in the cinema, we walked and talked and I told him and he knew! O_O My mother mentioned something like that before >0< She could have told me, right?? XD

Well, my family (I mean my siblings and my parents) are pretty tolerant, so they don't care what I do as long as I am happy with it :3

Now to my friends ö.ö I can't remember when and how I told my best friend O__O Can't remember how and when I told my other friends O_O D: I just remember that one of them was a little bit shocked XD

Well, the coming out story didn't end yet, right?? :3 Just for some weeks I told some of my former pupils that I am loving women, I actually thought that one of them knew it, but he didn't *giggles*

Oh, I should tell my "co-worker", shouldn't I?? o.o

Teresa wrote:Well, my family (I mean my siblings and my parents) are pretty tolerant, so they don't care what I do as long as I am happy with it :3

(( Right on. :3 I personally don't care for family or friend advice. I work alone, thus earning me everything I want. You listen to others, the naysayers mostly, and you miss out on what you truly desire. ))

(( I'm scared to tell my mom, because I've been picking up signs that she may be homophobic. That, and she really values "gender roles". Like, girls should do this... boys do that. She disapproved of my being in the chess club in high school and playing videos games because "those are boy activities... and you're a girl."
I'm trying to break her of that though. I just shrugged at her statement, said "so?", and continued on with what I did.

Friends is one thing. I can make and break friendships at the snap of a finger and it wouldn't really weigh on me. But you can't change family, so quite honestly, I have no plans to tell them. My uncle from Netherlands called last night, asking me if I had a boyfriend and all... I played along... talked about how in the future, my husband will be taking care of the kids as I work. Hahaha... I have no plans to have a husband though,...

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((Mm, my grandparents still badger me and ask me when I'm going to get a boyfriend, I usually play along with them too but it makes me really nervous, especially when they talk about it in front of my sisters. I'm afraid one of them will get tired of all the talk and just tell them.))

as i said my mother didn't get the point.
she thinks: that's just a phase.
the same thing she told me as i started to bu mangas when i was 14 or 15. she said: when you're 17/18 you don't like them anymore, so why do you waste your mony?
an now... now i'm 22 and could start my own manga shop if i want ^^;
okay, maybe you can't really compare liking mangas and liking girls. i just wanted to show how my mothers brain seems to work.
i think she repressed it and goes on.
my dad had said: if so, then it is.
my sister just gives me a big grin, as i told her. that was before i told my parents.
i think she sensed that comming, cause she had often see me together with my 'best friend who happens to be a girl'.

all my friends don't have a problem with the fact, that i like girls too.
in fact my best friend is a lesbian and she has a gilfriend at time.
i'm a little jealous, i have to admit.
not because i like her girlfriend. no, she's so not my type.

it was a funny scene when i told a really good friend who is hetero.
we where at a noodle soup bar to eat ramen.
there is a really nice waiter-girl with red hair and i often look after her.
i told my friend that i like girls she laughs and said: oh! now i understand why you look after that waiter-girl all time we're here!
she was surprised, but not mad. ^^

Rei Hino wrote:

Teresa wrote:Well, my family (I mean my siblings and my parents) are pretty tolerant, so they don't care what I do as long as I am happy with it :3

(( Right on. :3 I personally don't care for family or friend advice. I work alone, thus earning me everything I want. You listen to others, the naysayers mostly, and you miss out on what you truly desire. ))

(Oh, I don't think like that. I like to know what my friends think about it. Which doesn't mean I tell them everything though. And I kinda like it to tell people on the inet how I feel O_O Not everyone, just the ones I somehow trust.

@ Signum
I feel sorry for you. I am a person, who don't like it to lie. So when someone, who I won't tell what I am, ask me, if I have a boyfriend, I just say no and be silent. But that is uncomfortable, too. I try to imagine how it could be to talk about a husband. I just can't. That's just too weird. I am somehow amazed that you can do that :/
Sucks, huh?? :/)

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@kino: I don't like to lie either, which usually gets me in a lot of trouble. But I have to in order to hide the fact that I'm gay. I can't breathe when I am home. I put myself in a position where I have to constantly lie and i can't actually be who I really am. It hurts me still and my journey of coming out is far from over...

*sigh* ah well, i chose to do this to myself... so i can't really complain...

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(Yeah, I totally understand you :/ It's hard with people, who won't except it. Even if you try to explain it to them, still not all of them except it. There are people, who just don't want to -_-

I wouldn't say that you choose it yourself. You are scared, that's totally understandable.)

Shizuru Fujino wrote:(( I don't like to lie either, which usually gets me in a lot of trouble. But I have to in order to hide the fact that I'm gay. I can't breathe when I am home. I put myself in a position where I have to constantly lie and i can't actually be who I really am. It hurts me still and my journey of coming out is far from over...

*sigh* ah well, i chose to do this to myself... so i can't really complain...

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i'm really sorry to hear that.
from what i have read and hopefully understand right, you don't really had a choice to not chose this way. so it's okay, if you're not happy with that.
i don't try to say that i can fully understand your situation, cause i'm not in such a situation as you, but i can a little imagine how hard it must be.
i wish i could help somehow...

Interesting video that offers support to those out there feeling isolated and alone. I have nothing more to say.

Kat's coming out story.

Joelle walks into the student lounge, where her group of friends (and ex) are. She sits down on a chair all depressed, thinking of how she's gonna tell them. Her awesomest friend in the world, Tia, asks her what wrong. Joelle attempts to avoid the question. her other friends gather around, wondering what's wrong.

"I'm Gay!" She blurts out angrily due to the crowding. After a few moments of silence, one of her guy friends says "It's about Komugiraffe time you came out of the closet!" another one of her friends continues, "Yeah, we though the ice queen froze you or something!"
Joelle is taken aback by the Narnia reference, and starts to cry happy tears. Hugs all around while she says, "I hate you guys so much," with much lovins'.

Feel free to laugh.

Nice! XD Narnia lol

X3

Luu Sky Sapphire wrote:

Interesting video that offers support to those out there feeling isolated and alone. I have nothing more to say.

that video is so freaking beautiful, unfortunately I can relate with some of the stories within as well.
I cant admit it to anyone, my mum can joke about my brother being gay (he is very much a John Barrowman (GOOGLE HIM O___O)) but she doesnt agree with lesbianism. This sucks, so very, very much |D
I told my (at the time) best friend last year, she refuses to even be in the same room with me now.
Also, our school is veeeery religious, and do not agree at all with Homosexuality, and rarely do anything to stop the constant abuse towards the known gays in our school.
My friends think gay guys are cute, but being a lesbian is apparantly disgusting and gross. Im scared to so much as look at them in these conversations.

Being a lesbian is never disgusting or gross. My only concern that those who decide to become one comes from hatred of men. Like how Nadie from El Cazador de la Bruja (great anime series btw) feels, except magnified ten fold. That's the only problem I may have.

Now I don't allow religious talk on my yard, however I feel the need to comment on just one thing. Religion can either help you or corrupt you. Depends greatly on the kind of person YOU are. Quite frankly, from everything I've researched and understood from childhood (my parents were religious), Jesus Christ is perfectly fine with what you're doing. It's the followers that twist words around. Fact.

Embrace who you are, it's what makes you...you. Corny, but true.