The first time I came out It was In the year 1996 I just turned 21 years old on May 27th of that same year I told my mother, father and sister I was gay my mother thought I was confused about my sexual orientation.and she thought it was just a phase I Would eventually outgrow. my father and my sister asked me what made you make this decision I told them I just knew it on my own. I told one of my cousins and I also told my grandparents on my mothers side of the family they were republicans and they were also homophobic and they never excepted me for who i was and they made me want to believe that I was always straight and I was never a lesbian. even my former psychologist Cheryl Providence also kept telling me I was confused about my sexual orientation and I didn't know what I was at that time. Now I know what I am I am bisexual not for the rest of my life that means I am dating a man and I also like women and I also flirt with them even though I don't know their sexual orientations.(!)