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How old were you?

Discussion in 'Sexual Orientation' started by Najlen, Jun 1, 2014.

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How old were you when you discovered your orientation?

  1. Early childhood (2- 6)

    3 vote(s)
    2.4%
  2. Middle childhood (7- 10)

    13 vote(s)
    10.2%
  3. Preteen years (11- 13)

    28 vote(s)
    22.0%
  4. Early teens (14- 15)

    26 vote(s)
    20.5%
  5. Late teens (16- 18)

    19 vote(s)
    15.0%
  6. Early adulthood (19-30)

    30 vote(s)
    23.6%
  7. Middle aged (31- 50)

    4 vote(s)
    3.1%
  8. Older than 50

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Still don't know

    2 vote(s)
    1.6%
  10. Don't remember

    2 vote(s)
    1.6%
  1. Najlen

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    I was wondering how old people were when the figured out that that they were LGBTQ. Please take the poll, Thanks!
     
  2. BookDragon

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    Discovered it late last year, age 23.
     
  3. Derivative

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    I always knew that I am gay, but I stopped denying it this year and I'm 21. :slight_smile:
     
  4. WearyWanderer

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    Around 7th grade was when I had the first inkling I wasn't straight. However, at the time I thought I was just bi and still had some crushes on girls. Now, though...
     
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    A year ago when I was 27
     
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    I kinda think I always knew I was "different". It was when I was about 13 or 14 that I realized what "different" meant - that I liked guys.
     
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    For me I started to question my sexuality when i was in 7th grade. I had a feeling i was a lesbian, but i always told myself. "I won't know until i am with a guy (sexually.)" Which was a ridiculous and what society kinda tells us. So i was with my first guy when i was 17. The being lesbian became stronger and more prevalent when i was 18 and i couldn't deny it. For a little over a year i ran from myself. I am now at age 20 more accepting of it. I am trying to get into the community. I am learning safe sex with a women. I am so exciting to one day have a girlfriend. I had to be on depression meds for a while cuz of being lesbian. I had problems accepting it and i am thinking about staying on the meds for a little longer. It's hard to accept yourself when your scared of loosing people because of this aspect of self. I always say to myself. I'll come out to my family when i finally meet a girl that i have strong feelings for.
     
  8. TheFSM

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    I was 16...
     
  9. Fallingdown7

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    Came out as bi at age 14 and then discovered I didn't like dudes at all at 19.
     
  10. Linux Lenny

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    I am not sure because it was a long process . I was in denial for long time and refused to acknowledge it . I thought that I was straight and then gay guy and now I am questioning my gender and my orientation again . But I would say last year , age 28
     
  11. Najlen

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    Thanks for posting, you guys!
     
  12. Ravienclaw

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    I started to realize I liked girls at age 7 or 8 but I kind of ignored it until I was 12
     
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  14. Sophie986

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    I thought I liked girls at age 12 I just kinds disregarded it as a phase Then at 13 I got my first girlfriend and left her after about 5 month because I went into denial ;p Then at age 14 (Now) I know i'm into girls and happy and stuff ^w^
     
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    I realised that my feelings towards boys weren't normal by the time I was 9, worked out I was attracted to girls at 11-12 and I've only just realised that I'm bi, and I'm 16
     
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    Liked girls all my life, been in love with one too. But I'm not sure it was ever sexual. Noticed for the very first time late in my 18th year that I had some kind of same sex attraction and obsessively denied and checked it over and over. Realised in the last couple of weeks (age 18) that if I'd been straight I would have been desperate for sex for 4/5 years or so... which wasn't the case so started searching through my feelings. I'm probably gay now; nowhere near accepting it, atm can't imagine i ever will.
     
  17. kyfry

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    I realized I liked guys around age 15, but I didnt come out until 25.
     
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    I remember at a young age (10 isn) fantasying about guys but just thought that was normal. Took me till 23 before I finally admitted it to myself that I was not straight.
     
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    Had always been into girls, for the longest time I was the school womanizer. I even had a girlfriend. But even while we were still going out, I started to notice some of my guy friends. At first I completely denied it, then thought I was guy with a girl preference, then progressively realized I didn't like girls sexually at all. That was around the beginning of the year when I was 14.
     
  20. Acm

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    Realized I was trans at 14, then realized I liked guys at 15