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How can i come out to my religious best freind?

Discussion in 'Coming Out Advice' started by JooBooGoo, Feb 16, 2015.

  1. JooBooGoo

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    So yeah it's basically what the title says. We've been friends since first grade, and I've gone to church with his family several times (which has an anti-lgbt stance by the way). I really want to tell him that I like him but I'm so scared!
     
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    If you're going to come out to him, under the circumstances, it may be best to just tell him you're gay and hold off on the liking him part
     
  3. JooBooGoo

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    I just talked to him today (I did not come out to him yet), and while he himself is lgbt friendly, the rest of his family is not. I just don't want us to not be friends anymore If I come out to him and His family finds out.
     
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    You have to be courageous and tell this friend of yours. A true friend won't care, and he should feel honored that you told him.
     
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    Like Oh Hai said if he was really your best friend he wouldn't care if you were gay
     
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    Ok...well sometime soon if I have enough courage, I will come out to him. =)