Here is my coming out story: It was August 4th, 2010--I had just turned 14 the day previous of that. I had a sleepover with some friends and one of the friends there was this girl (let's call her E) whom, earlier in that summer, I realized I had grown a crush on her. I came to terms that I was bisexual (I still had myself open for boys). On that morning, everyone else was leaving and I was left in the room with just her. The day before, she asked me if I had liked someone, and I wanted to tell her so bad since it was just her in the room. But, I remembered that I still had to come out to her as being bisexual. So I handed her my journal, which I had written about how I thought I was bisexual, and she read it. After reading it, she just smiled at me, this really nice, accepting smile that I can still picture in my mind. Then she asked me who it was and then I couldn't tell her. So she was the first person I came out to. In October of that year, I was at my friend's house (let's call her H) and several of my friends and I were having a little party there. I was talking to my best friend (let's call her A) about crushes, and I felt like it was the right time to tell her I was bisexual. So I told her, and she was like "I already knew!" and I was like "How?!" and she said that I hinted at it several times, which I didn't know I did! Then I told her that I liked E and she said that wasn't a surprise either. I guess that it was noticeable how I stared at E all the time and even blushed when she came up to me. Later on in the night, I came out to my friend H and she told me that she was feeling the same too, which I guess was nice. I gradually began telling everyone--well, the people that I trusted. My mom thought it was a phase and that I'd grow out of it. I was kinda scared to tell people because I didn't know what they would think and I didn't want to be judged. In the summer of 2011, I acknowledged myself as being a lesbian. I didn't feel any attraction towards guys anymore. I tried several relationships with guys earlier in the year and I didn't feel anything towards them, well except for one because he was really feminine and was bisexual. Anyhow, so in June of that summer, I got a girlfriend (let's call her B) and she was the best thing that ever happened to me. She was my first love. She helped me realize who I was at the time. I came out to my close friends as a lesbian. It was weird-feeling, but I ignored it. In February of 2012, I came out to my mom as a lesbian and she was really accepting of it. My dad got a clue that I wasn't straight, but he was in denial about it. By that time, most of my friends knew I was a lesbian and were totally accepting of it. But I didn't feel right as coming out as a lesbian. Before I begin, I've also had problems with my gender growing up along with my sexuality, but I ignored my gender-issues and just focused on my sexuality before getting back to how I felt about my gender. I've been questioning my gender since I was 12 and like I said, I kept it under storage because I thought I had no choice of what my gender was. So this year, I began coming out as genderqueer because I didn't feel like a girl anymore, but I wasn't transgender--however, if I had the choice to be born a male, I would. I only came out to my sister and close friends recently about my gender. So far, my close friends accept it, but my sister is having a difficult time with it, which sucks. Now my sexuality is queer since I don't identify being a lesbian. I keep coming out haha, but this is my coming out story (so far!).
