Hey LGBTQ+ Pandas, In Honor Of Pride Month, How Did You Come Out? (Closed)

I put a note underneath my parents door

i'm not coming out to my family bc they would probably not react well, but i've come out to friends three times!

1) i came out as bisexual through, texts, changing my contact name on a friend's phone to "raging bisexual," and then just straight up telling people. i did get outed to a few people, but they were luckily cool about it

2) i came out as asexual biromantic when a new friend said she was ace and i was like "omg me too!!" and others around me were like "WHAT." i also changed the previously mentioned contact name to "raging asexual"

3) recently learned im aromantic! i came out to my best friend by sending a picture of a literal arrow to which they responded "nice." i also came out to a group chat when i changed the group icon to kirby holding both aro and ace flags

i still have some people to come out to, but i'm going to take it at my own pace and do that when im ready :) happy pride everyone!

I was watching gay tiktoks on youtube and my dad walked in my room. I had previously told them I thought I was bisexual, so they weren't surprised.

I told my mom that I was gay and she said she loves me very much and she supports me and I came out to my dad by a painting that I made in art class and both my parents support me, I told my best friend that I was gay and she told me that she supports me as well. Happy Pride Month🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

I told my mom I was bisexual, and she said, "Oh cool, me too."

Came out last year as enby, she's been doing her very best to use my correct pronouns and honestly she's the only one making any effort so I appreciate her for it.

I got outed to my religious, conservative parents only a week after figuring out my identity for myself :(
They definitely didn't take it well, but it's been almost a year and my mom has made a lot of progress

I only came out two people which are my friends. I came out as either pan or bi cuz I honestly can't decide. My reason for this is because I feel attracted to everyone but I have a preference for gender so yea- Happy Pride month!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I finally got the courage to come out as AroAce after my friends undying support

Told my mother over dinner. Calm reaction, went well. Told my dad over dinner. (Different time) did not go so well.

Informally, by muttering something incomprehensible as I lay there in an emergency department, with various people asking why I’d try to kill myself. Dad overheard the answer.

More formally (and several years later), a visit back home while a Uni student. I’d just caught my first ever boyfriend cheating on me and was so stressed, I couldn’t keep dinner down. So rushed up from the table, out the front door and puked in the garden.

I figured they deserved some sort of explanation. Even then I never said the word, “gay”. I just said I’d been badly hurt by someone I was in a relationship with. I didn’t need to explain more, they’d known I was gay for years.

So yeah, never underestimate how difficult it can be coming to terms with your sexuality, especially years ago. But happy ending - my family have a wonderful relationship with my husband of twelve years.

i came out to my friends as ace and they were fine with it :))

when i came as genderqueer they accepted me and called me by my preffered name at once :))

i’m really lucky to have such great friends and i wish all people reading this have at least one person who is like my friends

My fiance convinced me to tell my best friend and then my sisters. I was terrified for so long of doing so because my father was a homophobic racist and a proud "son of a confederate veteran" My friends and sisters accepted me outright with no problems. My father never knew and now never will. (He passed from cancer) I wanted to tell him so badly, but the things he said about seeing same sex couples in the media made me rethink doing that. It didn't help that when we saw a jewelry commercial advertising rings for same sex couples that he called it "wrong and gross" I'm very proud of my friends and sisters for accepting me and I've never been happier. And it's all thanks to my fiance. We're hoping for a Christmas wedding once we get settled. Really can't thank him enough.

It was like 20ish when it happened. Thing is I didn't know there was a name for it. I had dated, but wasn't interested in any thing romantic. One day I finally remembered to do research on it (on why I'm not interested in romantic stuff) and learned that I'm asexual. I let my family know, I wasn't shy on announcing it and just joyfully let them know. They were cool with it.

My story's pretty plain, my mum and I were watching TV and the thought just hit me that I should tell her I'm non binary. At first she seemed to just not care, then she had a full-on freak out. But it all turned out fine! She bought me a pronoun pin for my birthday ❤

To everyone out there struggling with homophobia or transphobia, my heart is with you. Feel free to comment and I'll listen and try to respond as best I can. Coming out is hard, but often it's worth it!

But an important note: if you think your emotional or physical safety will be at risk by coming out, DON'T. I know it's tough having to not be yourself, but that's better than being unsafe.

Love y'all! Have a happy gay month 🏳‍🌈

Not me, but my daughter who was 14. We were talking, and she blurted out "I'm Pansexual." I said, ok, but what I wanted to know was what you want for dinner. I did have to Google it later (hey, I'm old. I'm from the time where there was gay or bi as the only phrases. But I wasn't going to make her self conscious by asking her to explain.) I don't care what she is, I still love her.

A mother here! I had my suspicions that my daughter was gay. I invited her for an ice cream and while we were cruising, I asked her if she was dating her female friend. She busted in tears and I could tell she was ashamed😞. I hugged her and told her “you are a beautiful person regardless of your sexual preferences, I love you for WHO you are”! Later that day she told her dad, and she told us both that she felt so relieved after telling us.

happy pride month everyone! today i bought a shirt that said, "im so gay i cant even think straight"! and a rainbow necklace.

i love everyone!!!! i love you all!

Still an ongoing process, I've told my parents all I know (transgender, AMAB, bi or something (preference for femininity/girls)). but I haven't told my siblings that Im trans yet (and I think ill have my parents do that since I am a coward). but yeah, its going good for me thankfully, I hope y'all have a happy pride!

My mom was texting a friend of hers on my phone. Being a protective mom, she started going through unmarked numbers to make sure I wasn’t doing anything suspicious. She finds receipts of me asking someone out, getting regected, and coming out as a Demi girl to them. Not even joking.

haven’t come out all the way but just to two really close friends. so we went to Washington DC for a school trip and as we’re at dinner one night and one of my friends (who had a bf at the time) was talking about on her soccer team there is a girl she really likes. she then looks at me and my other friend and says “you two are gay as well right?”. my friend turn to me and i turn to her and we both nod. we’ll call the first friend Beth. then the other one Wendy. (very much not their real names) Beth asks us what we are, and Wendy responds with omnisexual. Beth turns to me and i quickly mutter bi. she then laughs and says don’t worry same. we then spend the rest of the time talking about that kinda stuff. i learned a lot about my friends that night lol :)