I'm wanting to come out to my parents soon, and I think individually will be easier so I'm wondering which parent you told first and why you told that parents first. I figure maybe it'll help me realize a lot of reasons to come out to one before the other, cause I have no idea which one to tell first yet. If you reply to this, thanks for help. And even if you don't, thanks for reading it.
My parents are divorced so I had to tell them separately. I told my dad a while before I told my mom. My dad is much easier to talk to than my mom. My mom yells at me a lot. Come out to the parent to whom you are most comfortable talking, and who you expect to be more supportive.
I haven't told either of my parents yet, about anything, but I already know which parent I'll probably come out to first once it comes to that. I'd suggest, as Awesome did above, to come out to the parent you're more comfortable with and who you might normally talk about more personal matters with. Sometimes one parent is more supportive of LGBT+/more open minded than the other. You could bring some stuff up in conversation initially (just generic LGBT+ things) and see who is more accepting and open minded to it. That can give you an idea maybe of who to come out to first.
Hmm... dunno, I'd certainly talk to my mom first, but for different reasons than the above: not because she's more understanding (that would definitely be my dad...), but because she'll be real hurt anyway that i couldn't talk to her before and hid something like this from her. She'll be the one most upset about my name change and everything. But I don't trust my dad to keep it a secret without me explicitly asking for it, and that would be like: "don't tell mum yet, because I trust her less than you". Bloody dilemma. Happy coming out day! GenderSciFi
I told my mother first. She kept lamenting my single-dom (when I had a girlfriend) and pressuring me to "find" a boyfriend. My father, on the other hand, never asks about my romantic life. So it wasn't really a conscious choice.
I told my mom first, but I don't have a good relationship with my dad and I rarely see him or talk to him, so it kinda makes sense. But I have yet to tell my stepdad
I told my mom. My dad still doesn't know. And I'm just going to reinforce the advice already given: tell whichever parent you're most comfortable talking to.