Hey, new to this place I've been looking for somewhere to chat to people online. I find reddit, and /lgbt/ on 4chan too impersonal and too structured (for instance, /lgbt/ has the same threads and just enumerates them). My coming out: I am bisexual, came out to myself at age 20, basically. I was raised in a conservative Christian household, and am still a Christian. Because of my upbringing, I constantly lied to myself and others about my orientation. I'd be seeing guys about the place and I'd have to repeat in my head "I'm straight, I'm straight, I'm straight." Fast-forwards to age 19, and I'm doing the IB in China before heading to university. I'd become far more accepting than I was at 12. I still experienced some same-sex attraction and I still called myself straight. I filled out a survey at 19 on my opinions about bisexuality, and realised that I was writing "and thinking it moral." I'd admitted to myself finally that I experienced same-sex attraction. I still didn't come out to myself until 1st January 2014 because when I got back to the UK, someone told me I could only be bi-curious because I'd never had sex with a man. I'm currently a student of "History and Russian" (a BA degree) in England. I'm out to family, some friends, and I'm out on Facebook to anyone who knows what the bisexual pride flag looks like.
Welcome. This place is incredible, I'm sure most, if not all, members would give testimony to that. I'm glad to have you here and welcome you to this amazing community with open arms. Please ignore my age. That's got nothing to do with it. No! Never! Don't think that!
Welcome! I'm new here as well and I was really interested in your story because it sounds a lot like mine. I lied to myself for years and just came out to myself last year. I am out to a few close friends at school but not to my family or the friends that I went to high school with because they are very firm in their belief that homosexuality is wrong. I too was raised in a Christian household and still am a believer. I am curious as to what your family's reaction was to you coming out.
Hello and welcome! History, you say? I love History. o3o Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy your time on here and it's nice to hear that you're accepting yourself. Lots of love, Andy
Thanks, all @PIhome, They were okay with it, but they didn't think bisexuality was thing. My dad told me that I was confused, possibly mentally ill. They both told me that I should spend lots of time with the men and with the ladies, so I'd find out what gender I liked more (and ultimately become "gay or straight").
Some say they are bisexual, while they are not, but that doesn't mean that bisexuality does not exist.. But I'm sure you know that too! (*hug*)
