I've managed to come out to a lot of people as gay, including my family. The first people I actually came out to were my friends, and it was during lunch, sometime in October 2015. I didn't even have to say anything, one of my friends was just like "Ok who here is gay" and I raised my hand along with like 3 others. The way I came out to my parents was...partially accidental, I guess? We were eating somewhere, and my parents asked if I had a crush on a boy, to which I scoffed and was all like "nope, and I don't plan on having any either" My mom then asked "well what about a girl?" and I just kind of hesitated before shrugging and saying maybe. The way I truly came out to my mom was when the two of us were eating at Dairy Queen, and my mom asked if I had a crush on someone. I had, but I didn't really want to tell my mom because I didn't really want to fully come out then. But I just sucked it up and told my mom her name. (and it was clearly a female name) and so my mom just asked me some questions about her and that was it. A few months later, I ended up making a post on Facebook (on April 17th) saying that I was gay. I then kind of panicked and stayed off of Facebook until the next day. I knew that at least the majority of my family would likely accept me (I have only my cousin to thank for that, as she's trans-MtF-and gay and they accept her) but It was still quite nerve-wracking. All I got was support though, which was definitely a really good thing. I've come out to many of my friends and family. Even so, I still come out to others. Just recently I came out to 2 others, during a trip in Canada (which I just got back from yesterday). One of my friends was actually the one who told one of them, but the other I told myself. She was talking about gay rights and asked if I supported them (to which I said yes) and she asked if I knew anyone who was gay. I nodded, and she asked if I was gay. So I nodded again cx So there's my coming out stories. This post ended up being longer than I intended haha sorry-
