Today is National Coming out Day....?

Question

In tribute Please tell a coming out story, If you are tired of telling yours then tell one about someone you know....

Well it looks like lollipop doesn’t know any gay people.. Hmmm some of you are real excited, So why don’t you all come out of the closet and make today your personally coming out day.... Sorry about the mob of Christians.... A least they can say they saved one person.... Nice. That would be a coming in story???

Well brat write it on your calendar and next year you will be ready... Oh go visit that girl and hour away..

Answer 1

I've told mine several times, as funny and heartwarming as it is, but I've only ever touched on my partners "coming out" story.

When she came out to her mother, her mother made her promise to never tell her father or brother. Her mother said that they wouldn't understand and wouldn't accept it. Her father is a strict concervative, right-wing-nut. (Even thought I have my suspicions that he MUST know something)
Her mother is very soft spoken and deeply faithful.
Everytime my partner goes to visit her parents, her father tries to manipulate her to stay with them. He promises her jobs, property, houses...etc.

Anyway, she does have family who live nearby. An Uncle, Aunt and two cousins. Well, she began getting involved with her Uncle's Civil War Reenactment group a couple of years ago. She would invite me to help out once in a while because I have background in costume design and such. Well her Uncle asked if I'd be willing to help out with some of his costuming also and I got a little more involved.
Anyway, they started becoming more and more close as family members and she would be invited to holiday gatherings and such. Each time she would go alone while I would go to my family's holiday celebrations. Last year it turned out that my son was out of town visiting his father's family for the holidays and my brother was out of town which left she and I alone for the holidays. Her Uncle and Aunt invited her to spend the holiday with them which she knew would leave me all alone at home. This troubled her greatly. She decided to have a "chat" with her Aunt and Uncle before the holiday came around.
She decided it was time to "come out" to them.
Well, when she did, her Uncle laughed a bellylaugh that she didn't expect.
As I recall from her recounting to me, was that he just laughed and smiled and then said something along the lines of "I knew I liked her for some reason!!" This was about me.
He then said to my partner that knowing this actually made me, her partner, more interesting as a person!

Now it's just a family joke, but her Father and brother still don't know to this day.
Even though her Uncle is her Father's brother, her Uncle has never said anything to her father, as requested by my partner's mother.
But at least I'm no longer some mooching roommate in her Uncle's eyes. And everytime her Father says that to her Uncle, he defends me and tells her Father, there's more to it than meets the eye.

Answer 2

Heres a funny story. A straight friend and a gay male friend were carrying a small thing of drawers into the closet. The gay male friend said," I've heard of coming out of the closet but never going back into the closet."
LOL
True story witnessed by me. I'm straight. Hope this cheers your day.

Answer 3

I was extremely depressed at the time, there was a series of events that happened which lead up to me coming out. Starting in February of 2005. In March, I learned that a cousin is lesbian, she didn’t come out but was found out and my family was talking negative about her. There was other things that had happened too. I knew that I couldn’t remain in the closet anymore, I was suffering inside, thought I was heading for suicide. I came out to my mother on a Sunday in May of 2005 at first I was going to write it down on a piece of paper because I couldn’t bring myself to say the words I’m gay. I decided that I had to force the words out of my mouth, I was alone in the room with my mother and I told her I’m gay while her head was turned, she turned around and asked me questions. She didn’t take it easy when I first told her. I had told 4 people before I had told my grandmother. I was more afraid to tell her than my mother, I didn’t think she would take it easy. When I came out to her she looked at me, smiled and said baby, I already suspected that since you were little and said did you think I was going to disown you because you’re gay. No way! Then I came out to other friends and relatives none of them were shocked when I told them that I’m gay. I told my father almost a year later, I received a good response from him and he gave me his advice on men. Shocker! There’s so many people who are aware that I’ve lost count, I’m happy though because I’ve always wanted to live openly gay. That means i want to bring my boyfriend around my friends and family and people will know that we're a couple. Now I have to find a boyfriend though.

Answer 4

When I came out to my mom I think she took it better than I did. We were taking a walk through the woods and discussing prom and all the things that go with it, dresses, dates etc. She asked me if there was anyone I liked, someone I might want to go to prom with... "What if I didn't want to go with a guy?" She laughed and looked at me and I completely broke down because I thought she was going to disown me or something. But it turns out, she was fine with it and when we got home she told my dad and he had already figured it out. I still haven't told my sister yet, but I think that I'm going to wait until she's in Highschool to do that.

Answer 5

When I was in college, I told my mother before getting on the plane to come home for Christmas that I had something important to talk to her about when I got there. That totally freaked her out and on the way home she kept grilling me about what this important talk was about. So I told her I was gay. In the car. On the freeway. She was doing about 80 mph, and I really thought for a minute we were both going to die because she lost control of the car for a minute. When she got us back in our lane she asked, "Is that all? We've all known that for a while, sweetheart."

For anyone who has not yet come out, I do not recommend this approach. No one should be operating heavy machinery during the conversation.

Answer 6

I'm not at liberty to share others', I don't think, and I've told the story of my and my best friend's coming out via Sinead O'Connor video ("I'd do her, man." "Hell yeah!") more than once here. That was my turning point--there was no inning me afterwards!

So I'm going to share an encouraging quote instead, from a bisexual writer:

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. "--Anais Nin

May people blossom today.

Answer 7

okay my coming out story. well i already knew i was gay. i was with my girl of the time and i was so wrapped up in her. well any way She had a fight with her parents bout something stupid and was upset so i said i would meet her after work. Long story short. i didn't make it to the meeting spot until after she had to leave so i felt bad and she was up set with me. my mum picked me up from the train station and whilst driving home she asked me what was wrong. i said i had a fight with "joan" and explained and mum said so she is your girlfriend. i said NO and then five minutes later mum said but your gay? and i said 'yes um NO oh **** it yes. and "joan" is my girlfriend ' lol. it's been 4 years since i came out to my family and nothing has changed.

Answer 8

I guess the most important person knows my life,but then again so does my husband and close friends and that's all. My husband knew since he came on board, come on a girl watching a lesbian porn (OKAY)!! LOL

Answer 9

Thanks for asking this question I found it just now at 1434 and in 26 more minutes I am going in to my work room where most of my fellow employees work and anounce I am bisexual and g0y.
I needed some positive stories to make me less nervous.
Wish me luck!

Answer 10

I'm out as a bi among most of my friends. It didn't surprise anyone; I just love *people* regardless of what gonads they possess.

My dear friend told me about how he came out -- in jail! It sounds like a horrible cliche but he was pulled over for a DWI and met his first boyfriend in the holding cell. (I wasn't surprised he was gay, but I let him have it for the DWI.)

Brandy, come out! Come out! : )