Harro

Kinda fitting I register and prepare to post and low and behold Katie Perry begins her serenade on MTV, not sure if that qualifies as a good omen or not. Well I'm Chad and I'm 23. I'm in the Army and have been so for the last 5.5 Years. June was when I came to terms with my sexuality and labeled myself, I'm Gay. I came out to my best friend and his girlfriend while home on leave also in June. That didn't play out as one would hope but it wasn't a bad experience either. 5 Months after coming out to them we really began the conversation on the subject. The long wait was primarily due to me living on the other side of the country and to them taking some time to deal with it as well as myself becoming more comfortable with it(In hind site I wasn't prepared to tell anyone when I did but luckily it worked out). I'm home for Thanksgiving and we were finally able to have an in-depth discussion about it and they are very accepting and supportive. I've yet to tell my family and I don't plan to anytime soon. I also told a few other close friends.

What I hope to achieve here is an outlet to discuss my sexuality and become more knowledgeable on the subject. I hope that I can become a benefit to the discussions as well as find something to take away from them. I have close friends that are aware of what I am going through but are unable to lend a helping hand in a lot of situations because they are ignorant to the subject.

-Thanks Chad

 

Basically as it stands if I'm found out as being Gay my career will be over instantly and I will be removed from active duty. It's a bad situation all the way around, I just wish I found myself before I made a commitment I cannot break.