How long have you been in the closet? you know I was in the closet since the day I was born, I was a little baby, I came out as bisexual in high school in October 2006, and let me tell you it was a night mare, I got in lots of trouble with other students who had bi phobia, I had my so called friends ditch me, I was told I had a mental illness, bisexuality is not an illness, I have been put out the house about 4 times, I have almost been killed by my dad who had a very hard time dealing with my coming out, I have been put in psychiatric warps because of things my dad told the police that were not true, while in the warps, I hated it because I wasn't a legal adult like I am today, I was told I didn't know what I was talking about, I was told I was going to h*** because God hated people like me, I was told I had to go back in the closet because I was not ready to come out, I wanna say to all people who love differently on yahoo that is thinking of suicide because you think you are not
2007-07-06 21:04:06 · 11 answers · asked by DEGENERES77UAL IS BI AND PROUD!! 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE, YOU HAVE TO
COME OUT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE TRUE TO YOUSELF, now for all yahoo members is this true why you came out,
you had the need to just let something GO that had been in you for years?
2007-07-06 21:43:40 · update #1
I tried suicide at 24...after that the closet door was gone...I'm 58 now.
2007-07-06 21:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I like your idea of a meeting. It could even be scheduled for those who are interested, like at a set day or so have a Monday Meeting Post. Where one of the leading posters on the board for example states what in his or her opinion where the main issues over the past week and if LGBT section came any step further with anything. At the other hand I am here a few weeks now and it seems that it are always the same questions and points that come up. Anyway, food for thought. As to the risks... I'm afraid i never took any. I let things drag until people themselves start to ask questions. Perhaps not good, but apart from one case i never had any negative reactions either. Mom smiled soooooooo hard when i finally confirmed. "I KNEW it", as if she had placed a bet on it and won the jackpot. From that moment also my family started to tell it to every postman that happened to come by. "Our Lucas is gay"! As i had received knighthood or so, lol. Then again, I come from a smiling family :) Thank you for your post !
2016-05-20 04:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay.
First: you don't "love differently," you love the SAME. And second, why do so many LGBT people press others to "come out"? I think what you wanted to say is that you support anyone who does.
You are only "living a lie" if you aren't true to who you are, and personality has nothing to do with your sexual orientation. I don't think it's a big deal if everyone knows about my preference for women rather than men. My parents and brother, and one friend know and they're still fine with me as a person.
p.s. that sucks that you had to go through that, I'm pretty lucky!
2007-07-06 23:54:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was only in the closet until I turned 19...I came out because I fell in love with a woman, not because of any other reason, and I have been out to everybody I have known since then.
2007-07-07 08:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by missy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I came out when I was 40 years old, married and had children. I wish I would of come out a lot sooner in life. I feel I have lived a lie for most of my life. Yep, I just had to let the lie go and be who I really am. I feel much better for it now.
2007-07-07 05:49:41 · answer #5 · answered by flash 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My nephew came out at 13 because he could not handle living a lie. His father was very mean - screaming and punching things. I told him my nephew that he would NEVER go to hell because he loved someone. That is what God is all about - love and caring for yourself and others.
Not all families are as warped or in the dark ages as yours was. I am truly sorry you had to go through that.
2007-07-06 21:11:20 · answer #6 · answered by Tina Goody-Two-Shoes 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I came out this year in 7th grade and most people thought it was cool that i'm a lesbian but the preppy girls not so much exept this one girl cheyanne she was really cool about it and i have a really big crush on her and she knows but she doesn't care.
2007-07-13 04:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well im not gay in either way but i kno that feeling and im sorry nobody accecpted you for who you r.im so sorry for your loss of Your friends and parents love.=(
2007-07-12 11:44:10 · answer #8 · answered by dustin v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the previous poster.... youa re ridiculous. its not about sex its about love!!!!
2007-07-06 21:33:56 · answer #9 · answered by N@E Ruby 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I think I'd rather just listen to my parents, than to go through all that sh*t! Why on earth would anyone think that their sex life is worth killing themselves over?!
You value same-sex sex over life itself??!?
I just don't understand that at all!!!
2007-07-06 21:27:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋