I'm thinking of telling my family I'm gay/bisexual this coming holiday season but I have no idea how to D: My family is filled with gay/bi/queer people so I seriously doubt they would be too troubled by my queerness. I'm pretty sure my mum knows and maybe my dad, but I'm talking about coming out to my (slightly)extended family. I'm wanting it to be funny, like saying I caught queerness from hanging out with my gay cousin too long. Any suggestions? Words of caution? Thanks, -Scar
And because I'm too stupid to remember how to edit a post, I just thought I'd make a list of coming out idea's I could do: Tell them I fancy a girl, Tell them I 'caught' it from my cousin(Neh, this sort of thing sounds homophobic...) Tell them to come to my room and jump out of the closet and say "Guess who took over Narnia?!" RAINBOWS And that's about all for now :I
Given it's your family you might not want to start off too excited or humorous. Also, don't say you caught it from your cousin, that's so wrong in so many ways You could just sit them down and tell them and if you see the atmosphere is right, you could slip in a joke into the conversation...
Not on Christmas. Not because they sound as if they'll be put off, but because coming out should be your day. Even if you come out just before or after Christmas, it should be fine. But if you come out on Christmas day, everyone might have too much on their minds to be able to properly deal with it.
I agree with Aussie. Will your family be present the day or two after Christmas? I like the Narnia idea. At some point, I want to come out by jumping out of an actual closet. It's just something I've always wanted to do.
