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If you were a member of the LGBTQ community in previous decades, you likely went through immense difficulty accepting your own identity, let alone telling other people about it. Back then, homosexuality was largely frowned upon, and coming out was often met with negativity.
Nowadays, society is generally more accepting and less judgmental. It is likely why many people are more at ease opening up about their true selves.
Some of them shared their pleasant experiences in this Reddit thread, and here are some of the most popular replies.
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#1
I've only came out to my aunt. It was a family trip, we were locked in one of the bedrooms and I couldn't even get the "I'm a lesbian" out of my mouth. It was something like:
"Come on, what is it?"
- I can't say it out loud.
"Is it something about your mom?"
- No.
"Is it something about you?"
- Yes.
Then she started guessing it until she asked if I liked girls and I nodded. After that we started talking about a lot of things. My fears, my female crushes, my future... in the middle of that she said "I'd never love you less for being who you are, quite the opposite: I'll love you 300× more to make it up for the lack of love you'll get from the rest of the world."
I have the best auntie ever :).
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#2
I told my older brother and his wife I was gay. Long story short, his wife saw I was feeling depressed and said "don't worry we don't think you're weird." Then my brother said "well, you're still weird but not because you're gay.".
#3
When I came out to my dad as bisexual and he said he knew it because I was using both pc and mac. Love him.
#4
My family is homophobic and my dad accidentally found out I had a girlfriend, so to make me look bad he outed me to my 9 year old half brother that was surrounded by and raised around hate and bigotry. I thought this was gonna be the end of our relationship, but my brother instead got mad at me for not telling him sooner since he found and saved a lot of memes about having a gay sibling or a sibling that was dating and basically went off on my father for outing me. I will forever remember that ❤️.
#5
I came out as trans a few months ago and my parents bought me a bunch of stuff with the trans flag and my new name all over it to affirm my gender. I love them so much.
#6
I was sitting a few feet behind my brother and was watching him play a video game. He said "you're gay" and I just said "Yep." He turned around and stared at me for a few seconds then said "Ok", then turned around and continued playing his game.
#7
My cousin straight up said to me "Do you like men?" Half joking while we were playing a game after he noticed I had a pride cosmetic on my character, which he immediately noticed.
I panicked as usually I take off the cosmetics before playing with him, so I stuttered and before i could get a word out he just said "I don't really care bro, marry a man for all I care, so long as there is good food at the wedding, its a bit gay though." (Joking on the last part)
Then I told him and he said " Right, now we have that out of your system will you please focus on the game, you're playing terribly." To be honest, with the relationship I have with him and being as close as we are, that was the best way he could have ever handled it, despite how it sounds like.
He is very weird, and has a very odd way with his words, but that's why he's my best friend.
#8
I was asked to tell my cousin after she came home from school asking what "gay" means. She was in 1st grade, so I described it in terms of love and family. When I broke the news that I am gay, she got the biggest look of fear in her eyes and was on the verge of crying: "Did you go get married and not invite me?".
#9
Told my partner I loved being his girlfriend but I really wanted to be his boyfriend. He said "Hey I wouldn't mind a boyfriend!"
He's bi 😊.
#10
“We knew”
“Really?!?! HOW?!?!?”
“Dude...you were watching girls’ a**es more than we did”
“I...fair enough”.
#11
I live in a country where being gay is not very accepted by the society, but when I came out to one of my more recent friends(who I thought was very open minded and she was), she basically thanked me for trusting her enough to tell her and came back out to me!! I couldn't have been more happier!!
#12
When I came out as trans to my 62 year old father he said something along the lines of “I won’t pretend I know much about any of this or that I fully understand, but I love you no matter what. I know you wouldn’t be doing this unless you were certain it’s what you wanted to do. Besides I always kind of suspected something, I just wasn’t sure exactly what.”
That was in summer. When I talked with him over Christmas I suspected he may be doing some lite research on his own. I was able to talk to him about what’s happening with my transition and how things are going without it feeling even slightly awkward.
#13
When I (F, Bi) came out to my dad, I effectively said,
"Hey, so... There's no great way to say this but I also like girls."
Without looking up from what he was cooking, he said,
"Huh. Me too!"
And after a short pause,
"The real question is... Why would you like men?"
I laughed my butt off :)
My parents have both been super supportive and I'm incredibly grateful for them.
#14
I was terrified to come out to my Nana, Bampi and uncle because my grandparents are fairly old and my uncle is very Christian, but they were super supportive and my uncle basically said "There's no rule on changing your body because your body and soul aren't the same, no matter what you are you're still you and that's what matters" so :] that was pretty good. more supportive than my parents initially were, had a cool medical conversation with my Nana about it afterwards but yeah, I'm just glad.
#15
This isn’t my big coming out story to my parents or siblings, all who just said cool, but a smaller coming out story. A kid I babysat/nannied for once out of the blue asked me if I was bisexual. I told him I was and asked why he was asking/how he knew. He said, “yeah that makes sense, bisexuals all dress really cool and you have very cool style.” I was so happy that that was the stereotype 11 year old kids were learning about bisexual people.
#16
The best reaction I have gotten was from my cardiac service dog, when I told him he licked my face and lied on my lap. He is a very open minded pup 😅.
#17
‘Can I call you Santa Claus then’
‘Wh- why?’
‘Because you’re a jolly gay man’.
#18
When I told my father I was bi he just said "Have fun in every way" which can be interpreted in my language as "Have fun in (whichever) relationship".
#19
I came out to my sister and she freaked out (in a good way) because she had been planning on coming out to me as bisexual that same night.
Lila Allen 2 months ago
Aww that is so wholesome and sweet. You can share a coming out anniversary.
#20
I drunkenly blurted out to my family that I'm bi on Christmas day a few years back. My mum's reaction was to say 'I can't wait until you go to a pride event, so I can tell your grandad'. For context, my grandad on my dad's side is quite homophobic, which annoys both me and my mum, so we like to wind him up by defending whatever lgbtqia issue he's complaining about this time. He doesn't know I'm bi. I'm fully on board with my mum's plan.
What do you think ?
BookFanatic 2 months ago
My favorite "coming out" story was when my bi friend came out to me. We were randomly assigned college roomies, and the first night we were putting on our pajamas and she said "I think I should tell you...I'm bi." So there I was, standing in my bra, and so sheltered that I said "By? By the table? By the bed?" I've never seen a person laugh so hard.
R Dennis 2 months ago
I don't think I was good when someone tried to tell me. They worked for me and I knew they were gay for well over a year. It made no difference to me, they were a good worker and had a good attitude. When they finally decided to tell me during a shift, in hindsight, I think they wanted me to be surprised and respond. Instead, I said "Yeah." and they stopped and looked at me. I then said "I've known for a while. I still need that order!" We were always cool with each other and were until I left. I really thought that by treating them no different than anyone else, I was doing the right thing. Years later, I thought about how difficult it must have been and that by not acknowledging that, I didn't give them what they might have wanted/needed. I still think about that...
CrazyAuntiePanda 1 month ago
You did good, I had the same reaction to a teen friend who came to me & he was so glad nothing changed between us
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QijianSanek 2 months ago
you can be 99% attracted to males and 1% to females. You are still just as bi as anyone else.
Load More Replies... BookFanatic 2 months ago
My favorite "coming out" story was when my bi friend came out to me. We were randomly assigned college roomies, and the first night we were putting on our pajamas and she said "I think I should tell you...I'm bi." So there I was, standing in my bra, and so sheltered that I said "By? By the table? By the bed?" I've never seen a person laugh so hard.
R Dennis 2 months ago
I don't think I was good when someone tried to tell me. They worked for me and I knew they were gay for well over a year. It made no difference to me, they were a good worker and had a good attitude. When they finally decided to tell me during a shift, in hindsight, I think they wanted me to be surprised and respond. Instead, I said "Yeah." and they stopped and looked at me. I then said "I've known for a while. I still need that order!" We were always cool with each other and were until I left. I really thought that by treating them no different than anyone else, I was doing the right thing. Years later, I thought about how difficult it must have been and that by not acknowledging that, I didn't give them what they might have wanted/needed. I still think about that...
CrazyAuntiePanda 1 month ago
You did good, I had the same reaction to a teen friend who came to me & he was so glad nothing changed between us
Load More Replies... QijianSanek 2 months ago
you can be 99% attracted to males and 1% to females. You are still just as bi as anyone else.
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