Yup! I'm trying to wait and come out together with my sister though for mutual support... so I'm going to keep waiting.
Yeah! My advice is to wait until you have backing, a place to go if they resent you, or you're 100% sure you're ready.
If you have that urge and know you'll be safe, do it. Those feelings may not come along often in the future and you don't want to end up having this tormenting you for years to come. Trust me, the longer you wait the more difficult it is.
I get them too, usually in anger, but I really do need to be financially independent before I can give in.
I got the urges before I actually did it, if you have the urge, want to do it and feel comfortable with it and have a backup plan in case things go bad; then I say go for it.
yup i did! after i came out to my parents that is. now i find it in entertainment that i come out. it's true when they say you never stop coming out. i might as well make the most of it while it's fresh. so there's my urge, f*** it. =)
If you feel comfortable in coming out, then think it through and do it. I came out to a bunch of my friends in March and April, but then didn't follow up on that afterwards. At least I felt confident enough to tell them back then.
This is probably the most relevant aspect of coming out. That, or VERY tolerant parents. But you never know. Maybe parents who seem intelligent and accepting couldn't bear to see their own children L/G/B/T.
Yes! I just want to come out to everyone already. I'm not out to extended family and co-workers, so sometimes I just feel like telling them "I'm gay, bitches". However, I don't think coming out to them will benefit me in any way - especially being out at work - so I don't bother coming out to them. But if they ask straight up, I'll most definitely not lie.
All the time. The main reason why I haven't is because saying "I'm trans" is a little less straightforward than saying "I'm gay." I've often considered that maybe the next time someone asks me something like why I refuse to wear girly clothing, why I get men's haircuts, why I don't shave I'll just answer "because I'm transgender or *really* a guy." I might be able to get away with it if I was semi-joking. Kind of like what Van said, if someone straight up asks, I'd be tempted to simply tell the truth.
I totally agree, I have massive issues of regret for not coming out when I was at school for this reason, it took me 11 years to get into a place where I was ready to do that again and I missed my entire college and university years of growing up gay and experimenting... If you feel like you want to then just do it, if you have the confidence that someone will help you out if the reaction is bad then you'll be fine...
