Hello, I was wondering why people joined this website. Personally, I joined it to make friends, gain confidence and maybe learn more about myself (philosophical moment <3) If you don't mind sharing, please post!
Originally to support my boyfriend who cross dressed. We both thought we were straight at the time. I stayed because it was a good community and after accepting that I like girls too- which I had denied for two years- it became a great source of support for me in moving forward. My boyfriend now realises that she is my girlfriend and I love this place
I was having a hard time accepting my homo-ness and wanted to know people like myself who were going through the same thing. And now I love it here, the people are amazing.
This is totally my feelings here. Even when I thought I was straight (or rather, wouldn't admit I wasn't) I felt totally welcome.
I first came here for support and advice. I stayed because I like to give advice and the people are awesome!!
Well I had been on a gay themed image board for some time. It was 18+ only and as such had some pornographic images and such on it. Well that didn't really bother me, but I only really ever went on the site for discussion. Well I was getting a bit sick of people complaining about too much talking, not enough porn. So one day I stumbled upon EC, and I just decided to give it a try. I kept posting on both sites for a while, but over time I have pretty much stuck to this site because I loved the people and it just seemed like a better fit for me.
This site, and the people on it, are very interesting, and I'm glad I came across it...this is great!
Two of my closest friends came out to me, which I was totally fine with. They found this site and pestered me for a good month to get me to join. I kept saying no as I thought I wouldn't be at home here, EC being an LGBT forum and I'm straight, but they kept saying this is the friendliest places on the internet, that there are straight members and everyone is welcome. I finally relented and signed up. That was over three years ago and I've not left since It's so true what they told me, the members here are amazing, and it's a fantastic place to log onto.
I found the site linked on the coming out page on Wikipedia so decided to join up and see what it was all about. I wasn't really that active for the first couple of months, but I became active in January 2008 when procrastinating and chillaxing in EC's chatroom. I joined the staff team shortly after and have been here since. I first thought EC was like any other LGBT site when I first joined, but after settling in I really did begin to appreciate how great it is as a resource. I could never have imagined a community like EC would have been such a crucial element to my coming out, but the peeps here are fantastic at empowering other people and giving them the confidence needed, and I think the success stories in the Coming Out Stories forum speak volumes for how fantabulous EC'ers are.
i joined because i was confused and i found this site and it was just amazing how much people help each other out here
I also came here through the link in Wikipedia – thank-you to whoever put it there! I came because I was questioning my sexuality and needed to work out some other stuff too. I've stayed because it's a great community, and without you guys I don't know if I would have ever had the courage to come out. Wonderful EC! :love:
I was (and am still) involved in a queer youth organisation in Melbourne, and one of the committee members was also one of EC's mods at the time. He'd linked to EC on the Myspace page for the organisation, I clicked on it out of curiosity, thought it looked like a good place, and signed up. The rest is history. xD
I found this site through YA and I had already been out for a while but when I first joined I didn't know any other LGBT people except my brother and my uncle, and I don't relate to either of them, and I guess I sort of craved my community... I lurked for a long time because I was dealing with social anxiety issues, but became active after a break-up since I didn't know how to deal with it. I've stayed because the people are awesome and funny and amazing obviously and it's a really great resource like other people have said.
