BattleCat wrote:

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I see a lot of you had came out to your parents, I really admire you guys, At my city and culture, it is best not to let anyone know or you'll be absolutely dead. My dad used to say "Ha! If I found my son GAY, I'd rather kill him." It is hard to keep it all inside, anyway, how about you guys~?

Wow.... I'm really sorry about your dad... that must suck incredibly :-[

Anyways, yeah, I am out, but I regret it, lol. My dad is in denial, and my mom tried forcing me into convertion therapy -_0 And I was out at my last school, but now that I've transfered, I'm back in and happy :-]

omg i'm in the same condition u are into. my parents are really conservative when it comes to homosexuality, and no one knows i am bi, well i found it out recently, but was on denial. if anyone of my family will know i'm gay, they'll kill me, they'll hit me really hard and kick me out of the house..
so we're in the same position, we have got to keep our little secret

My sister is also gay. Coming out to them wasn't hard because they took my sister's coming out really well. I didn't even say "I'm gay". They asked if I was dating anyone at school and I was like "Yeah, her name is Connie".

dont think my parents would mind too much! think im just a bit ashamed for some reason, they are both catholic.
my best mates gf knows. but no1 else, i reckon they think i am. but dont want to confirm anything its 2 much hassle and im happy as is

I think some of my friends new before I did, judging by their 'I KNEW IT!' reactions. My dad was totally cool about it, he just wants me to be happy, and if this is what makes me happy, then good for me. Before I 'came out' it got spread about my high school that I was queer, and that was a giant pain in the butt. Silly homophobes.

wolfloner wrote:

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Before I 'came out' it got spread about my high school that I was queer, and that was a giant pain in the butt. Silly homophobes. :(

oh i know that feeling. when i was at high school i had so much other stuff going on that working out if i was gay/straight/bi didnt get any headspace at all because it was unimportant. and to have people going round treating you like shit because they think you're gay when you dont even know for yourself is not nice.

anywhoo; my mum knows even though i havent told her- its just a mum thing isnt it, they just KNOW. i think the same goes for my sis. as for friends, i only really tell the ones who ask.

at the end of the day i think well straight people dont have to say they're straight so why should gay/bi people have to say they're gay/bi? if someone asks me if im gay then obv i say yes, but i dont make a point of shouting it from the rooftops- not because im ashamed or anything, but because i shouldnt have to

I came out via my blog on bebo. Sounds lame, but it was actually a really effective way of telling everyone. It's irritating cause I do often feel like I have to remind people of the fact. I'll make the occassional comment to someone about.. well, whatever - anything gay related - and their eyes will glaze over and then they'll get this 'oh yeah!' look. Bearing in mind these are people who have already been told. On the whole my family are quite liberal, so they didn't care at all really. My brother wasn't at all surprised when I told him as I'd already let him know when we were drunk. I had no intention of telling my parents, until I got a date off here and was prompted by my brother to tell them what was going on. My dad just kept saying 'we'll give you time and space' which really annoyed me at the time, but I guess is kinda cool considering the shit other people have had to go through. He hasn't mentioned it since. My mum was a bit shocked, but said she just wanted me to be happy. I still think she wants me to go out with 'a nice girl' . I couldn't though, that would be so weird. Sometimes when I say I'm going somewhere with a friend she goes pale and asks if it's a "special friend". She's quite happy about it, it just never comes up really. So yeah, that's my life story

I've come out to a few people over msn because somethings I just talk about on msn because its not as personal If you get me. My parents always seem supportive I'm sure my mum would be fine since my uncle is gay on my mums side but one time when I use to fight witt my dad he was saying something like all he wants for me to be is grow up be happy "straight" such such. I think the straight part just slipped out something that is on the back of his mind, I'm sure if i came I wouldnt get disowned which is lucky but it would be quite upsetting i think for some people but meh they'll be fine (not being mean I just know they will). But I don't wanna come out when I'm not 100 percent sure don't wanna screw people around. But I have been thinking about coming out at the end of the year because i am going on exchange for half a year next year so when i come back maybe people will kinda deal with it and it would be easier lol

I swear that makes sense i swear! lol

i think they know cos dad saw some certain websites inda history oneday and asked me but knowing me i just lied and said na and blamed it on sumone else, but hopefully not cos my big bros homphobic

A fair few friends of mine know now. I started telling close friends when I was around 16/ 17. A FEW CLOSE FRIENDS. When I hit 18, I started telling just any good friend I felt like coming out to. People I trusted wouldn't go and judge me. Parents and family still don't know.

I'll tell them eventually... When I get a boyfriend probably. =] He would be all the motivation I need to shout to the world... "I'M GAY!" =D!